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MONASTICON
ANGLICANUM>
OR, THE
HISTORY
Of the Ancient
Abbies, and other Monafteries,
Horpitals, Cathedral ini ColkgUte Churches,
I N
ENGLAND md WALES.
WITH DIVERS
French, Irilh, ^W Scotch Monafteries
Formerly relating to
ENGLAND.
Collefted, and Publifhed in Latin, by Sit WilUmVugddi^ iCnc.' late Garter King of Arms.
In Three Volums.
And now Epitomized in En^Ufhy Page by Page.
With Sculptures of the (everal Religious Habits.
■For fan C?" hacolimmemmijfe juvabit,
Virg. jf£n. I.
LICENSED,
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To the much Honoured
WILLIAM BROMLEr,E{q;
One of the Knights of the Shire for the County 0/ VV A R w 1 c K.
THAT which I here prelenc you is Originally the Pro- dud of yovr own Country, fince the Great Artift from whole elaborate and curious hand I Coppy this Peice in little, owed his Birth and Habitation to Warwick/hire. I know not therefore to whom (in the number of my Friends) more properly to dedicate thele Collections than to your (elf: for thus it is an a(5t of Juftice to reftore to the proper County (in your Perfon who reprefent it) what came from thence ac firft.
Nothing deterr'd my Prefumption in this more than to think I fliould expofe the Imperfedtions of my Pen to fo accurate and excellent a Judgment. A Judgment that has taught you the true u(e of Foreign Travails, by which you have brought home from the politeft "Nations of Europe, all their Virtues and AccomplilFiments, and left behind their Fopperies and Vice. It is this Judgment that has To fignalized your Merit in the Eye of your Country, that flie has juftly fixt her choice on you for one of her Reprefentatives in our Great Senate ; and it is the fame Judgment that you have fince moft worthily em- ploy'd in that High and Honourable Affembly, by aflifting, and complying with the bed Methods and Endeavours Ibr the Publick Good : Or, to ufe the words oiHoracCy
■ Quid ezpediatj commimiter, autmdior pars^
Malis carerequ^tntislahor'ibus.
Yours are the Publick Cares ; that's your noble Province. While J, and thofe in my inferiour and unadlive Station, can only wifh Succels to the Proceedings of luch Good Patriots as yoliir (elf; Our thoughts are bed imploy'd with our own pri- vate Bufinefs, and inoffenlive Studies- - - ,
^ }> Con-
The Epifite Dedicatory.
Concerning this Book, Sir, ic is a Subjed that gives Pofterity fucha View of the decays of Time, and the Inconftancy of Fortune, as the like cannot, perhaps, be produced in the Hifto» ry of any other Nation Since of all that ftupendious number c^ Monaftick Foundations in England and Wales , the continued Work of many Ages, by which the greateft Kings, Princes, and Koblemen of this Ifland were once thought to have eternized their names, and in thole magnificent and coftly Stru(5turcs to have built themfelves fo many Monun:ients as lafting as the Earth they flood on, not one remains at this day j nay the very Ruines of many are become invifible. To this pur- pofe (tho' on a different occafion) a mo.dern French Poet hath well expreft himfelf in thcle Lines,
Juffi le temps a fait fur ces Maffes hautaines Ifikflres chaftimens des Vatitte:^ humaines. ■ Ces Jombaux font tombe:^^ and ces fnperhes 'I{pis Sous lew ^htUefont morts mefecondefois.
And yet their Memory ftill lives in our Hiftory and Records ; fo much more durable and lafting is Paper than Brals and Majble. For this we are beholding to the Labours of your Sir WiiliamVugdale^ a Perfon fo highly meritorious in the ftudy, and dilcovery, of our Englip) Antiquities , that his Reputation can! never die among the learned.
Warwickjlnre has certainly produced two of the moft famous arid delerving Writers, in their leveral ways, that England can boaft of; a Dugdale, and a Shakefpear^ both Williams ; a name that has been of eminent Grace to this County in many Inftan- ces,-:, ti^x will it ever ceale to be fo while you are living.
Ii n^^ight here enlarge in your juft Encomium, but I fear to diipleafe you even with truth, when it muft be fo very much to your Commendation. 1 know your Modefty as well as Merits, and 1 have ever oblerved that Praife is moft uneafie tothofe who beft deferve it. I will therefore only add that I am,
SIR,
Tour very. Htmile arul moft Jffe^'onate Servant
J. w.
to THE
READER.
Something may he [aid here, By wayoj Prefacey of the V^ork it fe/f, and of this abridgment or Epitome of that Work. Ftrjifor the Work it felfy it will perhaps he thought hyfome that the Mona- fticon Anglicanum, or Hiftory of the Foundations and Endol^mentsof the antient Jhbies, Priories, 8cc. once fiourifhing in England, and long ftnce utterly fupprefiy is in thefe our days ( in which their very Me- mory feems to fome People, odms and ungrateful ) more ufelefs and in' ftgnifcant than an Old Mmanack. ^Tts true, the matter appears very obfolete and negleSiedj yet is the Monafticon An^Vica^tium fo far from being ufelefs, that it is in ejfeB the moft ufeful Evidenciary, and ^pertory cf Titles that is in print, Confidering^ l. The Vaft Quantity of Lands , f^phich formerly belong d to ^Hgious Houjes in this K^ngdome, i. The .iftvers forts of Liberties and Iminunities which mojl ofthofe Houfes and their Tojfeffions were endow d with, as Qourts ofPleas, Markets, Fairs, Commons, Free Taftures , Efloy>ers , Exemptions from Tithes, Tolls, Taxes and Contributions, ftith other Franchifes of yarious forts and not eafily reckon d up. ^, That by the Statutes 27 H. 8. ch. 28. §. 1. &. 5 I H. 8. ch. 1 5. ^. 2. ;. it is exprefly proVtded that the iQng and his Patentees jliall have and hold thefatd Lands in as large and ample manner as the faid Houfes enjoy dthem^ and ^.21. of the laJlmentioTid ■Statute, that fucb Lands as were before dijcharged of the Payment of Tithes [hallfo continue. (By which TroVifons fuch ferfons as enjoy any
of
To the Reader.
of thofe Lands are Intituled to many of the fame Lihertics and Franchlfes as were at firjl given ivith the f aid Lands to thoje Houfes ref^eFi'mljiy fuch Framhifes being real and annext to the EJlate. 4. Jll the Monafticon is a Trmjcript of anticnt }^anufcripts co^pyed hy that laborious Jntiquctry Mr. Roger Dodlworth, and that emhiently karnd Htflorian Sr, William Diigdale l\iit. late Garter King of Armes^out of the Very Original Grants^ or Leiger 'Books ^ or Public k ^cords, or other Shu- nimmts formerly kept by the refpefii^e 'Monajleries^ 'and{ when they pemfed'them ) dJmcely preferred either in fume of our, tmji famous Li- braries^ or in the Toffefjion of thoje Gentkmm and Terfons of honour, who ftnce the Sup^reffon enjoy the Lands to which thofe Deeds relate, or fomcpart of them ; "^hofe names are cited in the Margin of the faid Book. Aid fuch credit hath it received from the integrity of the Authors or Colle- Bors thereof that (as J am credibly inforfn'd) it hath been admitted as a good Circumjlantial Evidence in the Courts of Weftininfter ivhen the ^cords therein tranfaibed could not upon diligent Search be otherwife recovered. Furtjoer, this Book is ofufe to enlighten andaffiji theyovng Student of our Common Laws^ it jewing in divers parts cfit^ the Commencements ofXe- nuresyfheT^ature and manner ofCorrodi^^ Appropriations jEndoft^ment of Vicarages, %efervationof Services upon Grants m Frankalmoine, or Upon Tenures by Divine Service, the old Ways of tithing, Conveyancing, and fomething off leading. It is alfo ufeful in Hifiory, giving us a. livei Idea of the manner of our Forefathers way of Living, their Zeal for Gods fublick Worflnp, <vs then profeft, and the Simplicity of their Devotions j and of the great Charity to the Toor, and Bofpitality and Beneficence to all Comers, maintain d and ezercifed in the S^onafleries. ^ut thefe thin(rs have been thought faults, and therefore I jvill mention no more of that ; but obferve in the laft place,that this Book is of great ufe in ■ matter f: of Heraldry and Genealogies ; there being few or none among the Great Families, and old Nobility, of England, who have mt heen Founders or (Principal BenefaHors to fome Uonaftery or <l^eltgious Houfe, and the Monks and Canons have for the tnoft part taken fpe* cial Care to record in the Leiger Book of their reJpeBiVe Houfes
f the
To the R eaJer.
the Hifiory of their Founder's and Matron's Family^ A^'^'i? ^''owi their JeVcral Matches^ and Ijfue^ and often'tiities the day of their births and Deaths^ with the mofl remarkable Circumjiances of their LiycS) and inhere buried ; which feems alfo to bs done at the time when e\ery thing h^^ppend or fcon after ^ and is therefore of greater Credit. In this Work we mujl noic that the Author fates nothing of the four Orders of Fryers^ viz. The Frar.cilcans or Gray-Friers, the Dominicans or 'Black' Friers^ theCivradkesorWhite^Friers, and ffe Auguiline Friers ; the ^l(eafon ipas, I /uppofe, hecaufe their Houfes, generally fneakmgj were not endow' d with Lands and ^e^fenues^ but they Jub- Jijhd for the moll, part by daily and accidental Charities.
'ihtis much of the Book at large, now as to this Abridgment or Epitome, I haye only this to fiy ; It givzsyou a p?ort View in E:iglifho/^rk Trin- cip.il, and (^ is] thought,) moft 7?iatcrial- 'Tajfages of what is contain d n Latin, a}id fometimes oil French, in the threegreat and copious Tomes of the NJcnafticon Anglicanum : The l>{ames ofTerffk and 'Tlaces, bang Varioup-r .written according to the different Orchngraphy of feveral Ages, ani^Writers, I have not thought convenient to alter the ancient Ti^ay of fpelling, but haVe tranfcrtbed them herein the fame variety as I found Vw tRere : hi the ^fargin I have eraBly obferVed and markj- ou: the Tigcs fucccfjively in order, that fo the ^ader. may have a ready recourfc to the Book at large for a fuller and more particultr Information. And in my opinion this is the befi ufe that can be made of any Jbridg- vimt ; namAy to fera}e as a larger and better fort of Fable, which nof. only reprefmts the fubflance of dVolunlinms Author in little, but refers and directs the Reader to the place ti^here the SnbjeSls is more e.rprefly handled. On the whole, you have hereafhort Fiijhrical Account of the Foundation of ail the principal Churches and Religious Struffures in Eng- land and Wales, as wellthoje that were demolip?tat the Suppreifion of tUxiMonafieries, as thofe that are ftillinbeing(ercept ^arifl) Churches.) And here we mufl note that of all thofe Cathedral Churches and Epifcopal ^ats, whofe Venerable Fabricks we behold at this day, fome were former- ly Abbies, where the frhr and ConVent of Monks yi>ere the Bijhops Chap- ter J
To the Reader.
ter ; fuch fi^ere Canterbury, Rochefter, WincKefter, Ely, Kor- wich, Worcefter, Durham, Carlile; (W m fuch Churches where there was a 'Bifhop^ the Superior of the Motiks was always caWda Trior ^ the Bijhp be'mgin effeEl the Abbot) others tiever were Jbbies, but the Chapter didal-n^ays conftfl of a Dean and Secular Canons (or Prebendaries) as atprefent ; fuch were York,London, Lincoln, Salisbury, Execer, Wells, Litchfield, Hereford, Chichefter,dm/ w Wales, St, Davids, Landaff, Bangor, and St. Alaph. ^ejides thefe^ there were five new !BtJhopricks ereSied by Kjng Henry VIII. in certain Jhbies, after their dijfolutiony viz. Peterborough, Oxford, Chefter, Gloceftcr, and Briftol, whofe Churches were left flanding^ with fome of their old 'Buildings for the Habitation oftk Bijhopy Dean and Chapter ^ &c. (for which fee the Statutes, ^ i H. 8. ch. 9. 34 H- 8. ch. 17 J Weft- minftcr-Abby was alfo made an Epi/copal Seat, hut that conti- nued fo but a, while- Some other Monaftick Churches were made farochial, andare ftill in being, as St- Albans, St. Mary Ovcries, Royfton, <^c- To conclude, I think I may, not unfitly, apply to myprefent undertaking the words ufed on the like occafion, in the Second Book of Maccabees, ch. 2. v. 1;. All thcfe things {I fay) being declared by J^yow of C)"'^ws in five Books, we will eflay to abridge in one Volum. For confidering the infinite number, and the difficulty which they find that deCitt to look into the Narra- tions of the Story, for the variety of the Matter, we have been careful that they that will read might have delight, and they that are defirous tb commit to memory might haveeale, and that all into whofe hands it comes might have
profit To ftand upon every point, and to go over things
at large, and to be curious in particulars, belongeth to th^ firft Author of the Story. But to ufe Brevity, and avoid much labouring of the Work, is to be granted to him that will make an Abridgment. Here then will we begin the Story : onl]j adding thus much to that which hath been laid, that it .is a foolidi thing to make a long Prologue and to be fhort in the Story it felf.
MONA STICON
ANGLICANUM,
A B H I D G E D.
VOL L
O F T H
Benedidine Monks,
C L U N I A C S,
Ci s T E R s 1 AN Sj and
Carthusians.
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/: U Al'i ■■ y
of the fir ft Lift it lit ion of Monks:
T Hole who have writ of this Subject have produced for J>itheTn Examples of the Monaftick Life, out of the Old Tefta- rnenc, Samml, Elias^ and the Sons of the Prophets ; and out of the New, St. John the 'Ba[)tijl^ and our Saviour Chrifi himlelf, who exhorted his Dilciples to leave all Secular concerns and follow him. After his Afcention the Apoftles and Difciples lived in common ; But after the Apoftles were marcyr'd, lome Chriftians retained Property j others ftill endeavour'd to con- tinue the Apoftolick Life, and live in Common : fuch were the Monks in Egypt j Anthony jHilarion,Macarm, &c. After them St. Jerome, St. Augufthi^ till at laft St. 'BenediH in the year 5 1 6. at Mowit'-Caffinj writ his Rule, which was approved by the whole Church.
Of the Rules of Monks, and other Religious Perfons there have been feveral Authors, fome of the Principle were, St. 'Safilj who writ his Rule for Monks, Amo Vom. ^50. St. At" gUJiin Bifhop of H</>/?o made a Rule for Canons Regular, Anno J)ow. 400. Su'Bcned'iSl, before mentioned , about Anno 516. St. lBr«Mo,for Carthujtansy An. 1 08 j. ^bert an Abbot in Burgundy inftituted the C//?frcw«5, An. 1098. "Nor bert^ the Tremonllratenfes An. 1 1 20. In the fame year began alio the Hofpitallers and Templers. St. Gilbert of Sempringhdni founded his Order , An. 1 148. St. Domtnicky An. 1198. St. Francis 1160. The Car' wines were fettled and eftabliflit by Pope Martin, An.Vom. 1 27^*
Kjyigs of this Land who ha've become Monks,
^etrocy King oHVales ; Conjlantine, King oiCornipall; Sebby^ Offa, and Sigebert, Kings of the Eaji-Sazons ; Etbelredj and i\ynred, Kings of Mercw ; CoeWp/?, and Edbricht., Kings of Northumbet'' Und.
Th<
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The Old Form of admitting a Brother into a Convent.
His firfl: Petition, in the Colloquiutti.
%Vt 31 bcfpclje fou anD alle tije Cotjcnt fo? tlje luffc of <i5oD, out LaDp fatlCC Mdrye, fanCt ]ohn of Baptiih,aulJalUl)c^oplcCotDtfeof I^ebpne, t^ac |e loaolDe tcratie me, to Ipbc anD Dpc tjete among pom tn t^e (lateof a ^onke, a$ p^ebcnDarre auD (crbant unto alle, totbe ^onoue of d^od folace to tt^z Companp, pjouffet to t^e place, anD (cit^ntomp^atule
His Anfwer unto the Examinacyon.
^pc 31 tepftetlj^ug]^ tl^c beipe of <!5ot) anbpout goot) p^apetjS to Itecpailtl^eja: t^mgd mi)ic^ ^ej^abenotD^eprtebecreOc-
His Petition before the Profeflion.
^vt % ^abe htvn ^epr noto tW tboell montt) nere ^anb, anb lobpDe be (Son, me lpK0 vtgbt ^^H, batb tl|e o^Oec anD tbe companp ^ tol^evapon 31 befpc^e ^o'm anD all tl^e companp fo^tbe luffeof <l5oD. out laDpfanct i^ryt; (anctj ohn of liaptiite anballtbe boplecompa^ tip of bebfnetbat ^e tuill vefabemeunto mp p^ofcrflon at mp tteell montbbap acco^Dtngto mppztpcton boUpcbe 31 maDe bD^en I boa^ frtdrcfatieD^epcamong^ppu ^c.
of the 'Bemdifline Order have been four Emperors, twelve EmprefTes, fix and forty Kings, one and fifcy Queens,^ not to mention thofe of leffer Quality.
ERRATA.
PAge 6. 1. 24. r. Lindisfmn.^. 37.I. u!t. r. or an Oxe, p. 59.!. 50. r. fir the. p. 69. 1. 4. r. Infpeximuf. p.78 1. i2.r.orany. I, lo. t. be put in. p. 84- 1- anttpenul. r. f<ip/fff. p i68.1.antepeDul r. of the fame. p. 196, 1. 14. r. H E THEf'n Kent, p, 2 10. 1. ?2. r. Earl. p. 2 jo I. js. r. [pedal, p 2ji. 1. 20. r. Eafl-Angles. p. 2?2. 1. 3. r. Derham p. 262. 1, y.r. Marches, p. 267. 1. 4, r Patronofihe. p. 294. i. 19. r. colows. p. 328. 1. 2 5. r. Wynde/ore.
Some Other li tcral MiAakes, and falfc Pointii^r, have happen'd, which the Reader may ealily perceire and correct'
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MONASTICON ANGLICANUM,
Abridg'd ia Englifli.
Vol. L Of the Benedictine Order.
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N the 31?/?. year after our Saviour's Paffian, twelve Dif- Folio i. ciples of St. Philip th.t Apoftle, among whom jFo/?/* of Arimathea was one, came to this place, ani preacht the Chriftian Rehgion to King ArviragusXhsy obtained of that King {he Ground where the Monaftery afterwards ftood.and twelve Hides of Landjand built there the firft Church ot the Kingdom.in a poor and homely manner. Thty iived here in a kind ofheremitical lite, and converted many Pagans to the Fauh of Chrift. After they were all dead, and here buried, the ho- ly men Pha^HUS and Dirnviams, having baptized King LucittSy obtained this place ot that King, and for a great while they and their Succeflors re- mained here in a kind of Society confifting of twelve only, till the arri- val of Sti Patrick, who taught them the monaftical Life, and became him- felf their firft Abbot. Afterwards St. DaviJ Archbiftiop of Metievia (now called St. P^iwV's) added to the £<jy?-cnd of the Old Church a lelTer Chap- pel in manner of a Chancel, and confecratcd it in honour of the Virgin
Mary-
This Church for its Antiquity was by the old Englijh call'd Ealcfechirde, and the Men ofthofedays hadao Oath more'facred and formidable than to fwear by this Old church. And it was reverenced like Rome it fclf, for as that becarne Famous for its multitude of Martyrs, fo did this for its multitude of Conleflbrs here buried.
The Ifle in which thisChurch flood Was by the Britions oAl'd Tnfwyrtrytt, i.e. ihc Ifle of G/{//, from the clear and criftaline ftrcam of Water which ^' runs into the Marlh here. It has been alfo called Avalknia. By the Saxons it was named Glafiynhnry. This Ifle with feveral other places adjoyning, were call'd the twelve Hides, and didcnjoy fi-omthe beginning very great Privijcdges. The Bounds of which twelve Hides may be feen m the Monaftic9H at large,/) x,:;. Thcfe places there mentioned enjoyed all forts -, of Immunities from the tirfl beginning of Chriftianty in this Land, con- firm'd to the Cliurch of (>/^7/o»i«ry, by the Briti/h, Englijh, and 'Norman Kings.
In this Church did reft and lie buried the twelve Difciples of the Apo- ftle/'/;///^, above mentioned, whofe chief was jf(?y^/A q{ Arimathea, with
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his Son Jofephuf. Here alfoliesSt. Patrick the AfOitls o{ Ireland, and two of his DifcipleSi, St. Gi'JasthQ Britijh Piifioraographer, St. David ^vc\\hl^■\o^ of
4. Menevia, St. £)«»/?<?» Archbiihop, St. Inrlraiiti'; with hisfevcn Companions all Martyrs, St, Vrlatius, the Bonesof Venerable Bede, with the Relicks of a great number of other Saints, and holy Martyrs, and Confeffors.
5-. To recite all the R.eliques that were in this Church would be too large for^ny Abridgement, I only mention thofe of molt note. Several things relating to theOldTeftament, as Mcfes's Rod, A^lanm.Scc. things reiatino- to out Lord Je fas Chrift, two fmall pieces of Iris Cradle, fome of the Gold which the Wile-men of the Eafl offered, fome pieces of Bread of ihofefive Loaves withwliich Jefus fed fivethoufand men, fome of our Lord's Hair, fome pieces of his CroIs» and of his Sepulchre, one Thorn of his Crown of ThJorhs, ^c. Things relating to the Virgin Mary, fome of her Milk, onethreadof her Garmeotjand fome of her Hair, (^cBefidesthefe amuhi' tude of Reliques relating to St. John S<?/>///?,the Apoftles,VIartyrs,Conlefrors
^, and Virgins. On this account the Church of Glajlonbury was highly re- verenced by Kings, Queens, Archbilliops, Bifliops, Dukes, and the Nobi- lity of both'Sexes, and of all Orders and Degrees ; and happy did, he think himfelf who could give any thing to the increafe of its PofrefRons, or could here obtain a place of Sepulture. In this Ifle. which was call'd
7. the Toml vf Saints, was interr'd Cc*/ King oi the Britons, Father of St. Helena, Mot]ier o[ Conftantine the Great; Caraducus Duke oi Cornwall, the renowned King Arthur and Gaemvera his Queen, which King died at Gla- Jlonhury about Whitfintide in the Year of our Lord 54x. King Kentwymis^ King Edmund Son of' Edward the Elder, King Ed^r^ King Ednumd Jrenfide, with feveral Bifhops and Dukes who were great Benefactors to this Houfe, and many other Great men. In fo great Reverence was the Church and Church- yard wherskthefe were interr'd, that our fore- fathers did not dare toufe any idle difcourfe or to fpit therein, witlwut great neceffity, enemies and naughty men were not fufFer'd to be buf icd therein, neither did any bring any Hawk, Dog, or Horfe upon the Ground,
c). for if they did, it wasobferved that they immediately died thereupon,
Bifhops and famous Prelates that have gone from this Houfe to govern other Churches, are as follows, viz. BirthwaUus, Abbot here, was made Archbifliop of Canterhttry , Athelmus Monk here, Bifhop of WfUs, and after that Archbifhop of Canterhnry ; St. Dunjlan, Monk and Abbot here, Bifhop of Worcejler, then of London, and laftly of Canterbury 5 Bgelganus Monk here, Bilhop ofchichejler and Archbiftiop oi Canterbury ; Sigericus Monk here, Bifhop o'ilVells and Archbifhop of Canterhnry ; St. Elfhegm a Martyr, BiQiop of Winckejler, and after that Archbifhop of Canterbury ; E/»<i//7«f >Monk here and Archbifhop of Canterbury ^va tlje time of Kipg Knute. To thele may be added Gaufridus a Biihop, and Monk here, oh. Anno Dom. 781. EthelwinuSy a Bifhop, who died the fame year; Wihertus^ a Bifhop, oh. Anno Dom. 800. Wigthagu Biihop, ok Anno Dtim.S^6. A I' Jlanus, ^i(ho^, ol>. Awto Dom. 841. Tumlertus, Biihop^ ol>.2>66- .Daniel, Biihop, 0^, 956. Elfricus, Bifhop, 0^. 988. Alfo in the time of King Edgar, Sigegarus Bifhop of {Veils, Briteimus Bifhop of Wells, Alfvsoldus, Sigefridus, St. Ethilwoidus,lVil/nHS, Aelfffams, EgelricHs;KenKialdHS, Elmer its, Livingus, Brithwius, Britivaldtts. who died Anno Dom 10 X')- All thefe, of Monks in this rioufe became Bifhops of divers places in England.
The Benefadors to this Houfe were, firft, Arvtragus King of the Bri' taint, who, though a Pagan, gave to St. "jofeph and his Companions t^e
Ifle
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iriein which the Moniiterywas builc, olTd by th Inlubiian^s T^'/ivyr' tryn, which, King iL«i:i«5did aiterwards coafirmto Vhagjhus Sind Diruvi* anus, and their Difciples. K.ing ArthtrgOive many otner .■!ui!0)njgigJt.)nds. K'mg Be>7u>jIIi,l\:r]gI{e»nvims, Km^Baldredcis, Billiop /y<f(^J</, K^gKed- tsaHa-, li\ng lua, gave other Lands. So did St Wiljr/dus Archbi\uop of fork, and abundance of others of both Sexes, amon t^e iVinripal of lo. which were King ^ii!,dert. KingO^, King Alfred or Alured K ng Ath^- (tan. King Edmund, King Edwin K.n^EJgar,Kms, Edmnvd :r ti/jde.^ vmlIi fcveral Q^icens. Thcfc and many other names, wiih rh? Lands by the feveral Benefaftors given, may be read of in the Motiajlkct zt iarge p 9, •10, 14. 15-, 6c. . • •
St. Patrick^ who Was born in the year of our' Lord -^61. after his Con« vertionof//-d'A?/f^toChrifl:ianity, became Abbot of this Place, aid obtain^ cd 01 Pope Cele{line, twelve years Indulgence to all thofe who fhou!d with pious Devotion vifit the Church of the Bleffjd Virgin Maty h>re ereited, and- honour her with any part of their Goods.
A'outtheyearof our Lord jOj. Augufihie the Monk was (enr into Fa- gl.-.fid \yy the holy Pope Gregory to preach d)e Faith to tht Englifh Saxons, f.c convened Htheliert the King of ICew/ and his People. Aiterwards be- ing nhide Archbilhop, he eftablillit his Metropolitan Seat at Canterlury, and there placed certain Monks livit 5 iccordirg to the Rule ot St Benedi^ ; after this feveral Monaikries in Englmd'^fjexQ erefted under the fame Rule, Wfiich*)brained fo great reputation that there were no Monks to be found in Etig'and but what v/ere of this Order ; and in thofe times the Rule of St ^tjened>d began to be firit oblerved in the Monaftery of Glafionhury, they living here before that, alter the manner of the Monies of £gy^^
King Fna began his Reign over the Wefi Scixovf Anno 689. and gave much Land to this Monaftery, he alfo built the greater Church at Glajivnhury, in honour of our Savionr, and of the holy hpo^\ts Peter zndf aid. And by -his Charter bearing date AntioDofn. 71^. Granted to this Monaftery many and great Priviled ges aati liiimunirics. King Ina dying in a Pilgri- mageto -Rome, his Succc([o'C,EtheIeirdiis, became alfo a bountiful Benefaftor, as.were fl-veral othqr fuceceding K.ngs of the iVefi Saxons, Sic.
Kinj:; Edmund gnmed to the Church of the holy Mother of God at xr Glallcnbiiry, and to the venerable Dunftan Abbot there, the Liberty and '' Power, Rights and Cufloms, and all ForteitMres in all their Lands, /. e. Buyghrice Hundred Socna, Athis, OrdeLts^ InfaKgenethcofas, Hemfecna, Frith- hrice, FnHfleull Idl aiid Team, through the Kingdom ot England^ and thatt'^ey Ihould enjoy their Lands as free from all Claims as he enjoy'^ his own, crpcciallyto the Town of Glaflonhnry it feh, wkh many other Liberties &'c and this was by his Charter d-xiQ^Atino Dom. 944.
King hdgtr, by his Cliarter dated at London Anno Dom. 971. granted to ,^ the fai<l Monallery tht fame and greater Libcrti-s.among other things,that therfriid Monaftery and fome Parilhes there mentioned (ubjed and belong- ing to it, Ihould beexempc from the ordinary Jurifdidion of the Billiop, (except in fome things, with a Salvo to the holy Church of Rotne, and that oiiCanterhtry: And gave and confi mcd to this Church two hundred and 17 fifteen Hid's of I and given by lev^ral Bcnefadtors.
WilVmrn the Conqueror at his firft coming to the Crown, did very inuch mutilate the Pofleffions of this Church. He made one Turftitms a Norntan Abbot here, in the year 108 1. And in order to make lome amends to the vlonks, heconfirm'd to tjiem feveral Lands which they complained lo have been unjuftly taken Irom them. B z . Herlewin^
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1 8. Herlewin^ and Henry Brother oiTheohaU Earl of Elois, and Nephew of
King fJenry the I. were two Abbots of this Monaftery, who through their induitrioui endeavours obtained much good to this Houfc, and the Reftoration of many Lands which had been taken from it. Vid.ret.x.p. 83;.
[This Abby was valued before the Suppreffion at 3511 /. j s, j^d. ob. Per Annum, \
The CatheJral Church of CatltCCbUt)^*
IN the time oftheblefled Gregory^ Papacy, St. Augujiwe with feveral o- ther Monks were fent to convert the £»^//yJ People, who in the year of Grace 600. (or accordini» toothers 596 J coming into E»iland, con- ' verted King E/k///r/ and fome thoufands of his People, which Rma gave them a Manfion in his Capital City of Canterbury, then called Dordernia, thereto Preach and Baptize. Hereupon the bleffed Auguftine having re' ceived a Pall from Pope Gregory, built a Church there, and dedicated it to the honour of our Saviour Jefus Chrift, he alfo did here inftitute the Metropolitan Seat ofhimfeltand SucceiTors. And having rais'd here a Monaftery of Monks, the People flow'd in to him from all parts, fome for Baptifm, and fome to become Monks, devoting thcmlelves and all they had to God's fervice. ^
Tire Principal Bencfadlors were King Ethellerf-, who gave them his Palace in Canterhury, which Pope Gregory decreed to be the Metropofitan tp. Seat, and made it the firfl: in Dignity, it having firft received the Faith Bthellddus Son of Ethelhr-t. King CedwaUa, King Offa, Edmundui King of Kent.Cenulphus King of Kent, Beornulphus King ot Mercia, Kirg Atheljian King Edmund, St. Edward the Confeflor, mi/iam tjie Conqueror, King Henry the I. Henry the II Richard th€ I Edward the III Edward WmS o^ Wales, his Son; Henry the IV. Thefe and abundance of others of inte. riour condition gave and confirmed to this Church many Lands, Privi- ledges, and Immunities, the particulars of all which Lands.S^c. may be (een in the Monajlkon at large.
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The Monaftery of 5/. A U G U S T I N E S ia CantetbHtp.
13. C A^"^ Augufiine being fent by Pope Gregory as aforefaid, arrived at the O X^eoiThanet mKem, in the year 5-^6. with feveral Monks and Mi- nifters of God's Word about forty in number 5 they were kindly received by King Ethelhert, who received holy Baptifm on Whitjonday Amg Domt 597. After this Augufiine went over to the Bifhop di Arks m Vrance, and being by himordain'd a Bifhop, he returned into England. At Canterbury he fixt his Metropolitan Seat as above-mentioned. A little without thi City on the £<7/?-fideb3d been an Idol Temple formerly made ufe of by }f,iX\%Ethelhert, before hisConverfion, this ^*ga/?/wchang'd into a Church; and dedicated in the name of St. Pancrace the Martyr, Afterwards in the vear 605. y/«g«^i»r obtain'd this Church, and the adjacent Ground of King Ethelhert, upon which place a new Church was built and dedicated to the honour of %t. Peter Sind St. Paul; which CJiurch was ftorcd with Monks, endow'd wklv Revenues by that Ring, and appointed for thft
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burial place, of himlelf and SucceiTors, as alfo chofen for the burial of Augufline and his Succeflbrs,- Archbiftiops of CanterhHry.
King Ethelbert having built and endow'd this Monaftery he placed there, by the Council of Archbifliop ^i!ig«/?/«e, one Peter a Monk to be Abbot ^4» or it.
The Archbidiop Augtiflm granted feveral Priviledgcs to this Mona- fiery, and denounced heavy Ccnfures againfl: any who Ihould violate the '' fame in future times.
This Monaftery was ufcd for a burial place of the Archbiftiops, the Monks, and others oi C4«'tfr/'«ry, for many years ; it being in tHofe times not ufual to bury within a City, till the Venerable Cuthhert came to be Archbilhop, being the nth. after Augufline,^ who being at /?ow(r, ob- taind of the Pope the liberty of having burial places in EnglanJ, with- in Cities.
OaihtEaJl (\Aeoi Canterbury without the City add near this Mona- ^^ ftery flood the Church of St.MurttH, which Church was the Seat of a " ' Bilhop, whoalwaysremain'd at home, or'in the County, .and in the ab- fence of the ArchbiHiop ufed to aft for him. Tlie laft Biihop of this Church was one Gedwjn, who dying in the time of Willia)nt\\Q Conquer- or, when L<7«/rd»4^'as Archbilhop of Canterlury, hercfufed to fubVogate any other Bilhop in his place,bui inftead of a Bilhop conftituted an Arch- deacon there.
[Valued before the Suppreffion at 141 j /. 4s. lid. ob.q^ fer Annum.
i;
ROCHESTER, in htnt
AUfw Doin. 600. King E/*e/^fr/ founded 'the Church of St AttJrewthc Apoftle at RochefUr, and gave to it feveral Lands, as did alio EuSert King oi'Ketitt OfaK\ng oiMercia, and divers others ; denouncing to the Vi- olators ot their pioiis Donations, ■ heavy Curfes and Imprecations All which Lands and Liberties King Henry the i. did confirm to the faid Church, to GW«^ the Billiop there, and the Monks ferving God in it. *^ Other principd Bcnefaftors to this Church, and the Monks here, were KingfViHiam the Conqueror, King yFilliam Rufus, Rodbert Son ol K:ng Hetiry. Robert Fitz Harfton^ and tf ill/am de ALbeiney the King's Butler.
£Valued before the Suppreffion at 486/. iis. $ d. per Ammm.^
WINCHESTER Cathedral Church.
A Mho Dotn. 608. Kiftcgilfus Sonof Celric, King of the VVe(lSa>(o»Sy after 1 i hisBaptifm and his peoples. converlion to Chriftianty, defi^ned to build this Church, and to it give all the Land lying about M'tnchijler for the fpace ot feven Leucas or Miles. But himfelf being prevented by death from pertefting what he intended, his Son and Succellor Kimva/atu pcr- form'd the Work, and confirm'd the Lands above-mentioned to tlie faid Church.
Other principal Benefactors to this Church were King Jf/a ^ Ethetardut, King of xh^Welt Saxons ; £^^^r/,Kingof all EngUnd^ wiio lies buried here^ ?'• ^vngAlured, whobuiltanew Monailery within thcCoemitery ot the Fpif-
copal
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copal Church, cndou'dit with Pofiefiions, and gave the Government of it CO St.Gr'mbuldus. (This King tirft inftitut£d Hundreds and Tithings)^
3 3 , Echvaydim Son and Succeffor , King Ethelfian his Son , King F<ired his Bro. ther ^ King Edgar 5 Queen Emwa Mother oi' fjardecmute,znd Edivard fdrn^. med the Confcilbr ^ which Queen having peribrm'd her purgation of fup- pofed incontinency with Eiwiu Bifliop of Wincffejhr, according to the'
34- Law Or<^e/, by going over nine red hot Plowlhares, unhurt, gave to the
SS- Chmch oi St. SwithiH, here, nine Manors 5 lo alfo did the faid Bifliop Elwm; i^l which gifts were confirm'd by King f rt^2i;W the Confefior.
3^' Jnfio Dom. 1079. Bifhop Pfl7/4^//«w began to new build the Church from the Foundation, towards which Work the King gave fo much VVood, a^ could be cat down and carried away from his adjnyning Wood called Hanepmges, in three days and nights , upon which, fuch an innumerable Company of Carpenters alTembled, that in the time limitted, they con- veyed away tlie whole Wood.
Anno Dom. 963. In the timeofBifliop ^/Z^if/HJo/;/, the fecular Clergy of
-"* this Church, living liceotioufly, 'were difplaced, and Monks put in thtir room. Vide ifrfra, p. gjc).
[Valued at 1507/. IJ s. zd. per Annnm.']
D U R H A M Monafierj.
A ^"'^ ^°^' ^3 ^' ^'o'l'^y ^'gl^'^ y^^*"^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^''^ coming of the _£\_ Er7glijh into Britain, and thirty nine years from the coming of bf . Afiguftine, pious King Ofwald erefted a Bilhops Seat in the Illand cf Lat:djsjarn, of which Agdanus became Bilhop, and placed there the Monks that came along with him. • /
39. Of this See, C;/fi'^erj?wasConreerated Bifhop, at Tork^, on Eaftefday
Anno Dom. 685". To h'lm Egfrid Kingof Northamlerland g^avc Creec, wirh the Lands three Miles about it, and alfo Luguhalia^ now called Carltle, with the Lands fifteen Miles about it. Oh. Cuthhert 6'ij.
Anno Dom. yxg. Coelwolf K'.ns^of Northumkr/and began his Reign; he was a great Benefaftor'to this Church, and became himfelf a- i\'lonk here. * *
40- Allthe Land lying between the two Rivers oftyne and Tcfe, was for- merly given to St. 0(//;^(?r/, and was fubjedV to the Government of the Bifhopof St. Cuthierfs Chmxh, till the Danes took away a great.pait cf the Lands, which were however reftored again by King Ethe'jtan.
41- In the year 1074. -^Wivi;-waMonkandtwo of his Companions led a Monaftick Life at a place then called Cirecum or Gime in NorthumherLn^y from which three Monks, three Monafteries proceeded, namely one at Durham, in honour of the bleffed Virgin Mary, and of Si". Cuthhert^ one at Leftwgharrt, and one at a place then called Strene^algh,2\\ three witluii the Kingdom of the Northumlerf.
William de Karikpho by his Deed d:itcd Anno Dom 1082. declared the many and great Liberties granted by Pope Gregory the Vll. and adds others to the Church of St. Cuthhert., with an Anathema to the Impugr.ors, 44. Kngf-Fi/Zidw the Conqueror upon the precept of Pope Gregory theVIT.
and at the Petition oi William Bifhop ot Durham, removed ihe Stculir Canons out of the Church of Dmham, and placed MonkS in thfir room, and confirmed all the Liberties and Priviiedges granted to the faid Chu^ '":, and this by his Charter dated m the 1 2th. year of his tleign. 1 /'<■■?..•;
Vol. f. BENEbrcriNEs,
Jhomai Archbifhopof Tork fet forth and declared the Diqcefsof theBi- (hop oi" Durham tO be all the Land betw ixt Tyne and Tefe, NortlmmherlaNj, Tevydale, Tyndal, Carkol, iVeredale, with the Church, o^ Hertejham, and Lifidisjaru.
Principal Benefaftors to this Church were. King William the Conqueror, who gave great Pofeflions to the Bifhop and his SucceiTbrs,to hold all as freo ^^' and qiiict as he himfelf held them in his own hands .
Edgar S:in o[ Malcolm K.ng of the Scofs,\\t gave to the Church of Durham, the Manfion of 5mp/c, ^nd CoUynghamfchjr.
K.ing Richard i\\Q I. he granted and confirm'd to the Bifhop of Durham ^ and his Succelfors many great Pririledges, with the Dominion and Liber- ^ ty of a Count Pa! at in, for ever, ©c. Vid. Vol i.p. 845. '^7°
[Valued at 1 366 /. 10 s. p J. per Annum. ]
• MALMESBURY, inmiWxZ.
MAyldulphus, hy'^ztion 2l Scotchman, a Philofopher by Erudition, and a Mook by Profeflion, V?as the firft Founder of the Mooaftery 49* Here.
An»o Dom. 6^^^. King Berthwald, with theConfent aftd Confirmation of King Mthelred, gave to this Monaftery for ever Summerford, lying upon ^°' the River Thames.
Other Bentfadors to this Monaflery were I.«/i)<rr;«J Bilhop oiWinchefier, who by his deed dated ^«w Oora. 6S0. gave to it for ever the Town of Malmeshury , King Athelred in the year 681. gave other Lands 5 fo did King ^ *' Chedwtila Aitno 6^z. inthe year' 1065-. King Edward the Confeflbr con- firm'd all lormcr Donations, and himfelf granted to this Houfe great Li- berties andPriviledges; the like did King William the Conqueror in the year 108 1 the fame year Mr«/^ his Qoeen became alfo a Benefaftrice.
Pope Innocent in the year i24iv. granted to the Abbot andMonkso£ Malmeshury in the Diocefs oiSalishury, a Confirmation of all their Lands ahd( ■Revenues, which fee in the Monaflicon at large, together with feveral great 5'4' Immunities ; and ordain d that the iluleot iit. BeneJi^ i[\Q\x\d be for ever obfervedin this Monaflery.
[Valued at 805/, 17^. •] d. oi.<]*ferAnnuml^
5%. 53-
WESTMINSTE RABBY, /« ^iDmeftjC
IN the days of King Lucius the firft Chriftian King of Britain, who was baptized Amo Dom. 184. this place was firft confccrated to God's bo- ^5- nour, and cfpecially appointed for the Royal Sepulture and a Repofitory of the Regalia. Thus it remained till, under Dioclejians perfecution, Chriftianuy was expe'ledirom hence, and the place turned to a profane Temple of Apollo. Aitcrwards when the Sax»ns had conquered this King- dom and were in poflelRon of it, the blelFed Cref^ory'va. the year of Grace 603,. lent Augufline tiie Monk together with Mellitus, Juftusi, Laurentius, and others, to teach the Cliriftian Religion in Britain. He arrived in Kent^ as hath been already noted, and having converted and baptized £//;f A lert. King of that province, he afterward did the fame to .S^/cr/, King of the Eaft'SaxoHs^ King Ethglherti Sifter's Son 3 who upogi his Converhon
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to Chriftianity, caft down the forefaid Temple oi Apollo, and in the fame
place Cthen called Tborrieyl^o) built a Church in honour of St. Peter
Frince of the Apoftles,
56. In the fame year the bleffed y4«^«/?i»(f, ordained two Bi (hops ^/f ////«/
57- Bifliop of LoW(»«, and Juftus Bdhop ot Rochejler. The Hiftory of this
5^8- Church fays, that iWe////«j going to confecrate it, he found the Work al-
ready performed by St. P^r^ r himfelf, S9' This Church being afterwards new built by St. £i/wW the; King and Coafeffor, Pope N"ic/W^f granted to it large immunities, appointing it to be for ever a Seat of Benedidtine Monks, the place of Confecration of our Kings, and Repofitory of the Rggalia^ and exempted it Irom the Biihops Jurifdidion, placing it under the lole and immediate Government of the King and his Succeffors. . The faidKing£</jv<ir^ theConfeffor, by hii Charter dated in the year
^' 1066. reciting that at the Dedication of this new Church he had placed here certain Relicks,fiz. Two pieces of our' Lord's Crofs, a piece of his Seamlefs Coat.with other Relicks of the bleffed Virgin, and of the Apoilles, &c. he fcftew'd and confirm'd the Lands and Priviledges formerly granted ^. to this Church by his Ancellors, granting others of his own ^ and giving to the praife of Almighty God, and for a perpetual Endowment to this Cliurch,feveral Lands and Hereditamerits, among others Roteland after the deathofQueen ^d'g/?)?^, &c. With bleflings denounced to thole who fhall in the future increale or improve thefe Gilts, but heavy Curfes and Ana- themas againft thofe of what degree or quality foever who Ihall infringe or dimimfh the fame. nd. f^oL zQ.p.S^j.
([Valued at 3471'- os. id. q. fer Annum.']
SHERBURN, i» aSOjfCtfljiW.
(5 j^ J^Dunders and Benefaftors to this Monaftery were Kenewale^ Bdgar, Off a, \^ Egbert tSigeherttlna^ and feveral other 5<ja-o» Kings. In the year or our Lord 1 1 xz. Sherburn and Horton made both but one Abby 5 but afterwards about the year 1139. Roger Biftiop of 5d/«;^«ry changed the Priory of Sheriurn into an Abby, th^t of Horton being dellroy'd and annext to this. See more of this Abby iftfra, p. 423.
[Valued at 682 /. i /^ s, -y d. oh. per Annum.']
LESTINGHAM, 7» I^OjKCWrC
f A ifao Dom. 648. E^/z/wa/i/SonofO/w^WKingof the tforthumiers.gmvt xV to Cedi/e Bifhop of the Eajl Saxons (or Bilhop of London) a piece of Ground on a high Mountain, called Leflingay, for the building ola Mona- ftery. For the erefting of which Cedde prepared himfelf by fading a whole Lent ^except Sundays) eating nothing till the Evening, and then only a , little Bread, one Hen-Egg, and a little Milk mingled with Water. . After ^^' this he built the Monaftery, andinftituted there the fame Difcipline as was ufed in that of Lindisfarn, where he himfelf had been educated. He govern'dhis Diocefs for many years after, but died in this Monaftery, and was here buried.
PETER-
V O L. I. B E M E b r C T I N E S.
PETERBOROUGH Ahi>j, in i^ojt^amptonOjrre*
THIS Monaflery was begun by Peada rhe firft Chriftian King of Mercia^ by and with the alliftancc of a great and eminenr man called Saxulphus the firfl: Abbot here. The place where ir was built was inthofe o'ld Times cMed Mede/hamjieile, but the Church beiiu^ dedicjted to St. Peier, it was afterwards called Peterborough The Foundation was perfeftcd and the Endowment compleated by Wulfer King of Mercia, and younger Brother ot King Peac/a, who after his converfion to Chrillianity by his Deed A»-Do. 66^. not only confirmed what had becnalre.idy given '^' by his PredecelTors, but gave to this Monaftery a very great quaniiiy or Lands lying in the Country round about. Kin^ Edgar by his Charter dated A. D.f)-]i. granted other Lands and many Priviledges. Pope Agatha ^^■ granted many Priviledges to this Monaftery, which wer-e conrirmtd in a Council of twenty five Bifliops, afiembled in a place called EJlfeild 66. A. D. 680. Thefe Grants, Liberties and Priviledges, were in fucceedino 67. times confirm'd by King £</jw/i the Elder, King E the/red. King CA^a/^ 68. Edward the ConfeiTor, ari>.^ Willidtn the Conqueror.
The Monaflery oi Sx.. Peter at Medejliam^ede, being bult A. D. 65-4. remained in Peace till the year 870. at which time the Pagan Danes coming down out ofTorkjhire inte Lit^colnjhire, Ear) Algar, Morcar, a Lav- Brother of Crowland-Ahby,ci.\\'d tolius (who had been a iamous Souldier before he entered into Religion) HardhgHs' oi Reihallc, and under his Command all the men oi Stamford, made head againfl them, and at firft conquered the Pagans ; but they being foon after reinforced with greater ^9- power, they in a Iccond Battel over threw the Chriftians with grievous flaughter ; burnt down the Abby ^nd Church of Croyland, and from thence marcht to Medefhamjied where they flew the Abbot and all the Monks tothe number ot eighty four, and utterly deftroyed the Church and all other Buildings. From hence they march'd xoCaml^idge deftroy- ing all the Country as they went. 70-
In the yearofChrifl 970. St. Adelvpold Bifbop.of H'tncheder Lecran to re-edifie the Monaftery of Medejhdmjhde, and calfd iithe Borougn c^f St. Peter., one hundred year after it wasdeltroyed by the Danes.
The foregoing Particulars of this Hiftory have been curioudy painted in the Windows of the Cloyfters belonging to this Abby, wuh Emlifh Verfcs under each Pidure explaining the Story .• Which fee in the Mona- fitcon at large.
[Valued at 1721/. 14/. o i. oh.a^.yir A7mum7\
WHITBY, {pj Old caWd S T R E N S H A L E J i« ^O^KOw're*.
A^no Dom.6^^.Penda the Pagan K\T)gofMercia making War upon O/wy Kingof Morthuwberknd, Ofwy made a Vow to Almighty God that if he overcame his Enemies, he would dedicate his Daughter to perpetual Virginity, and give t\\ clvc ofiiis Manour-hcufcsto be converted mto Mo naftc'ies. Hereupon he fought, and t ho* much interiour in number ob- rain'd a Signal Vidiory, and Fenda was flain in the Battle. In perfounance of hi' Vow, he gave his Daughter named £/-(f//?i</d, tltn fcarce one year old to be a Nun,and the Ground then called Strenefkalioi the building "of a
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7^. Monaftery. Itwasbegun by //i/</d. a Woman of great Religion 3 and was ac firft a Nunnery, but afterwards a Houfeof Monks.
In the year 1067. William de Percy, who came into England with the Conquerour, and had obtained to himfelf and Heirs the Town of Whithy and all its Members, made a new Foundation of the Abby of l^/&i?/5j/, and gave all the faid Town and Members to God, St. Peter, and St. HUM of iVhithy, and to the Monks there fervingGod, in perpetual Aims, with 7 3 • divers other Lands ; and made Reinfridus a Mook of Enefham, Prior of the 74- Monaftery. This was after this place had been deftroyed by the Daves above two hundred years.
Many were the Benefadors to this Abby, befides the Founder William. de Percy, a particular of the Lands, PoffeflTions, Forefts, Churches, Tithes, and Liberties by them given, may be leen in the Momsiicon at large, . ^. 74, 7 ^. P^id. inf. /. 9 8 8.
[Valued at 437 ^» 2 /. 9 d. per Annum^
CHEaTSEY, in ^UWC^.
75* 'TT'^HE Abby of Chertfey was founded in the Reign of King Eghert, in
JL the year of our Lord 66&. by Frithwaldits a petty King or Gover-
_g nor of the Province o^ Surrey, under Wulfar King of Mercia, and endotv'd
with large PoffeflTions ; all which were confirm'd by the faid IVulfar King of
Mercia.
The Limits of the Lands belonging to Chertfey-Ahiy may be fcen ia the Monnflicon at large, p. "jy. g Pope Alexander granted to this Abby many Priviledges ; among other,
^ ' that theyfhould pay no Tithes of their Lands in their own hands, nor of the Beafts which they themfelves kept.
[Valued at 659/. ijx. 8d. ob. ferAnmrn-l
B E R. K I N G, in the County of €tSzp
* I ^HE Nunnery at Berking, eight miles from London, was founded by . X Erk?t7waldus ^\{i-\o^ oi that City, for his Si^Qt Ethellurge, who was the firft Abbefs of this Nunnery.
Hodelndm a Kinfman of Selly King of the Eafi Saxons gave to this 80. Houfefair Revenues, which Guift was confirm'd by the laid KmgSehby.
The Ancient Profits and Expeoces of this Nunnery, as they were . charg'd to the Account of the Celerefs, may be feen in the Monajlicon at large,/. 80, 81, 8i, 83.
[Valued at 862 /. Hs. $d. ob. pirAnnum^]
The Monaftery of St. Mildred, in the Ifle of Thanet, In Ifeetlt.
MUdred the Virgin, was the Daughter of Merwaldus Son of Penda King of Mercia, and Domneva of the Family ot the Kings of Kent. Which Domneva with her Husband's afliftance built this Monaftery for Nuns, and placed herefeventy Virgins, of whom their Daughter /J/i/</r(f^ was confccrated Abbefs. This Houfe was deftro>'d by tht Pagan Danes
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the year laii. Afterwards in the time of KiDgC«a/, it was anqext by that King's Grant to St. Anguflines Monaftcry, and the BodyofSt.Afi/i//,?// tranflated irom hence to St. Jugufii^es a.t Caaterhry, A.D. 1033. The Lands belongirrg hereunto in the ifle of Thj»et, were confirm'd to the faid 85'. Monaflery ofSt.'Auguf^ineshy King Edward the Confeflbr.
FALK STONE, i» j&ent.
EAr'JwtJaD^ughter oi EaSa/Jus Son of Etkllert King of Kent, built this Monaftery in a remote Part from Commerce, fituated kven Acers breadth from the Sea, which in procefs of time quite wore away the Land, and deftroyed this Houle^ but the Reliques of the holy Virgin the Foundrefs, who lived and died here, were removed to the Neighbour- ing Church of St. Peter.
See more of this Houfe, hfra, p. 560.
[[Valued at 41 /. i^s. icd. per Annum.']
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L I M I N G, ?« Uient.
TH E Monaftery here was built by Ethelhurge Daughter of King Ethel- hert, and Wife of Edwin King of Nortbumkrlatui.siiiet wiiole death Ihe return'dinto Kent, and founded this Nunnery, and lies here buried.
• R A C U L F E, i« I^Ctlt.
Bfrthwald Archtifhop of Canterbury was bdbre his cleftion to that See, 8^. in the year 69X. Abbot of /?^cto^. Jii the year 9^9. King Eadred Kwgofdl England, gave the Monaftery of Racttlfe and all the Lands belonging thereunto, to the Church of tanter- huy, 0<^beingthen Archbiihop ^and Metropolitan there. The Lands be- 87, longing to this Houfe did amount to twenty five Carucates, and one Carucate aflignedonly to the Repairs of the Church.
ELYi^%, i» CambjiDgeQjtw
AN'w Dom. 637. The bleded Augufihe, built a Chirch at £/y in 3 place called Cradtndene, a mile diftant from the prefent City, it was confecrattd to the honour ofthe blefled Virgin, and ftored with Minifters for God's fervice, butthcfe were all expeli'd by Penda King of AlfrcM, and the place turn'd into a Dcfert.
Afterwards in the year 673. Ethelreda xhcV'vc^n, built a Monaftery in a more eminent place in Ely, for both Sexes, of which ihe her fclf be- 87 came the firft Abbefs. In the year 870. the Church of Ely was again deftroy'd and burnt by the Pagans.
In the year 970. Bthelwaldus Bifliop of Wincbejler bought this Ifle of K'ng Edgar, rebuilt the Church and placed Monks in it, under the Rule of an Abbot 5 and in this (fate it remained till the year 1108. (9 H. i.) 9^ at which time Pope PaJ'chd at the requeft of that King, changed the Abby r 8 into a Bifhoprick. C i ' The
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The forefaid Ethelred was Daughter of Anna King of the Eaft-Amels, and was buried in Ely together with feveral other holy Women of her Relations and Blood.
90. The Hiflory of this Church fays, that an Apparition. appear'd to one of the Monks, and foretold to him the dcftruftion of the Monaftery, be- caufe notoneof both vSexesin thisHoufe, but himfelf, did ufe to pafs the, night in relig^ious Exercifes, but in Vanity and Sin. After which the
91. Daves*' deflroyed it to the Ground", An. Dem. 870.
5,2. Benefactors to thisHoufe were the abovefaid £/Wu>^/,j/ Bifliop of Win-
chejler. who bought the whole Ifle of j^/^'.and gave it and other Lands and
93* rich Moveables to this Church, King £^^4/- and Ring £^«)^/■^/ the Elder, granted and confirmed to it many Lands and Priviledges, approved and ratified by Pope yi^or.
^ [Valued at 1:084/. 6 s. c^d, oh. fer Annum.']
W I R M O U T H, d«^ G Y R W Y, nnw called YARROW, in the Bijhoprkk 0} 5^Ut^am»
96. T"N the year 674. Egfrid King of the Northumhers gave a quantity of X Ground lying at the mouth of the River iVyra, to the holy Abbot Beneditl an EngUfhman, who had been five times "at Rome^ for the building a Monaftety loSt.Pf/tfrj and other Landsin a place then called Gyrwy., not far diftant for another Monaftery to the honour of St. Paul. Both which he indow'd, and filled with Monks.
Gyrwy., is four miles dillant from Netv-Cafils^ of this Houfe Venerable
97- Bede, was heretofore a Monk, and educated under the above-mentioned Benedi^.
[Valued at 25 /. 8 J. 4^. ;ey y^swaw.]
ABBINGTON, in 'BanOjfw*
AT fuch time as the wicked He»gi(l deftroyed 460 of the Barons and Great men of this Land, by fraud and treachery, one of the Noble- men's Sons named Aheti- made a fhiit to efcape the flaughter, and concealed himfelf in a Wood on the South-fide of Oxfcrdjhire for a great while , but being at laft taken notice of for hi^ great fana:)ty,people built there for him a Houfe and Chappel, which was afterwards from his name called Akndm. Inthe year 6j^. one Beam, a man of great Riches begun to build in the fame place a Monaftery (though after removed to feme diftance)and oave to It a part of his Inheritance. Silfer of this Heane was QJfa, who built at a place called Helmfton near xh^thames a Monaftery for Nuns, of which flic became herfelf the Abbefs. This Lady had obtained a fmall piece of one ottheNailsof our Lord's paffion, to which ftie caufed fome other Iron to be added, and made of that, a Crofs, which ftie caufed to be placed upon her breaft after her death.and fo buried. This Crofs was in the time of Adehvold Abbot here (and afterwards %\iho^ oi Wmchefter) found acciden- tally, in digging to make an Aquedud, it was tranllatc^ into' the Mona- ftery of Monks, and there preferved with great reverence ; and call'd the black Crols.
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The Monks ht re at their firft Inllitution were but twelve and the Ab- c^8. hot ^ they never went abroad without great ncceflity and with the Ab- bot's leave ; they did eatnoflelh, un'efs (ick, fe'f.
TheTown oi Jlii/ngt'oHWiiS in old time called Seuekefham. It Was a oo." Regal Seat, and a place of great concourfe for religious VVorlbip, as well before the times otChriHianity, as fince, (tam tempore Religonisfunatica, qnam tempore religiouis Chriftiafia, are the Words or the old Hiltorian).
Benefaftorsto this Houle were Ce^/jva/A? King of t\\eli''eft- Saxons; King /«i/ his Son ^4«. Dow. 699. Kemdfus Kins^ oi Merctu, An. Dom. Szi. Edred 100. Kingofall England, y^n Do fu.^^y Edgar Ring ot all EngUnd An.Dom.()<^Z. lor. in ttie Reignof this King, the above-mentioned ^i^/f/zw/W ivas Abbot here, 102. who built the Church in honour of the holy Mother ot God,and fent one of 1 04. his Monks beyond the Seas for the rule of St. Benedic},\\Q fettled here feveral good Orders, and g:ive great Riches and Ornaments to this Church --, after this, hewas by King £^.^^/r chofen to be Bi(bopoi Winckefter, An. Dom.^61. King //(?//. I. was alio a great Benelaftor.' And Pope £«gf«m HI. granted to this Abby great Privilcdges by his Bull dated, An. Dom. 1 1^6. jo-,
[Valued at 1876/. 10/. 9^. per A?jmm.'J
GLOUCESTER Allj.
Abfno Dom. 680 or 68 r. In the Reign of King /Ethe/red, one Ofrkh ^
a petty King, or Sulxcgulus., firft tounded the Church of St. Peters ^ in Qloucejtcr., and placed his Sifter Kinehurga. Abbefs of the Monaftery there. This Mcmaftery was bui/'t at the Expence.sof King Etfjelred znd his WikElJIedu. Which beingaiterwardsdeftroyed by the Danes, was in the year 1058. reftored and confecratcd byA/dredus then biiho^ of Worcejler, and afterward Archbifliop of Tork.
The fbrefaid King Etkelred, in the the 30//-'. year of his Reign became a Monk ziBardeney, and after that Abbot j and departed this hte in the ^°^ year 716. '
The tore- mentioned Ofrkh, became King of the Northufnhers 2Sttr the death of Af«re<^, and died, An. Dom. 729.
The Nuns ot thi« Houfe were difpcrfed after the year J67. and Bene' divine Monks were placed here, .£4«. D<7w. loxi. by Wolftanih^n Bifliopof Worcejier.
This Church was again new built from the Foundation by Ser/o thefirfl: Abbot after the Conqueft, andconfecrated inthe year 11 00. by Sampfon Bithop oiWorceder. Two years alter which this Church together with the whole City oi Gloucejier was burnt down.
Many were ^heBenetadors to this Church of all Cons and qualities, whofe Names together with the Lands given, amounting in all to a great Revenue, may befeen at large inthe Monajlkon, from/. ii.i,to p. izo.
See more of this Church infra p, 993, and F«l. 3. p. 7. [Valued at 1946/. y*. 9./. per Annum.']
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120. A Nw Vom. 680. In the Reign of King Athdred in the Kingdom of Mer- iSk cia^ Worcefter was firft made a BiQiops feat 5 and Bofelus the firft Bifliop.
St. OfwaU who was Bidiop here in the year 871. or according, to o- thers 959. introduced the firft Monks, into this Church, in the room of the Clerks.
King Offa, King Edgar, and many others' of the Saxons ', were great Benefactors to this Church, as may be feen in the Momfticon, h-om />. 1 1 1, to p. 136. and from thence to/. 140. a Recapitulation of their Lands and Endowments.
[Valued at the Suppreffion at 12 2 9/. lis. Zd. oh. fer Annum.]
BARDENEY Ally, in JLitlCOlnfijtre.
WHEN the Body ofSt.Ofwald was firft buried at Bardeaey, there were three hundred Monks in this Abby. It was firfl: built by King Ethelred, and deftroyed to the Ground by the Dane^, and re-edified again by Gillert de Gaunt Uncle to Wdliam the Conqueror ; whofe Son and Heir Walter de Gaunt did, in the year iiif, confirm to the Church and Monaftery of St, Peter and St. Paul, and St. Ofwald, at Bardeney, all thofe Lands and Poffeifions which his Father had" given in pure and per- petual Alms.to the fame : And did alfo inlarge their PofleflTions of his own 143. Charity. All which was afterwards confirm'd by l^mg Henry the firft. Vid. Vol. 2. f. 847.
[Valued at 566/. ^ s. 1 d. per Anmm.'}
E u E s H A M Ally, in caojccOetOjirr*
Skint Egivin^ whowas the third Bifliop of Worcefter ^oundsd this Mo- naftery. Kenredus King 01 Mercia, and Offa Governour of the Eaji *'*-'' i4»^/e/ intheycar 709, being both then at Rome, endow'd it with large Podeflions. The Towns which St. Egivin obtain'd to his Monaftery of 14^' the faid Kings were in all twenty two. There were belonging to this Houfe fixty fcven Monks, five Nuns, three poor People, three Clerks, who had all the fame allowance as the Monks had ; and befides thefe, fixty five Servants. The under Officers of this Houfe as Prior, Sub-Prior, third *47' Prior, Precentor, Sacriftan, Celarer, {§"(:. were created by tlie Abbot with the advice and conient of the major part of the Covent, in Chapter. All which Officers had their feveral Rents arifing from. diRind and ieveral Q. places aV'propriated to their feveral Offices. ^ * In the year 1 1 74. Walderfiarus King of Danemark gave and confirrn'd the ^ '^'^' Priory of Othenefia in that Kir^dom as a Cell to this Abby of Eueft^am.
This Abby was firft founded, asaforefaid, by St. Egwin in the year of grace 691. and dedicated • to the honour of the glorious Virgin Mary, The Founder himfelf leaving his Biftioprick, became the firft Abbot here. After whofe death fucceeded eighteen Abbots until theycar 941. at which timq the Monks here were difperfed, and fecular Chanons fubftituted in
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their room. In the time of King Bdgar^ Anno Pom 660, the Monks were again reftorcd 5 but after his death expell'd again, in the year 977. This Houfe and Eftate was afterwards given to a potent man called Godwi», and (uccefTively it came into feveral hands, till at lad in the year 1014. King EtklreJ made Ailfwareius a Monk of Kamfej, Abbot of Eue/ham ; he was alfo Bifliopof LonJcn at the fame time. From' his time the Abby of Euefham flourilht under divers Abbots, whofe names from the Mornian Conquefl: till the year 1^79. are as follows, Egelwinus, IValtentf, RokrtHs, Alwrkius, RegimlJus, tVillielrftus cle Anji villa, Rogerus, Adum, RogernsNoneys, Raddfhus. 'Thomas de Markherg^ RicaadusleCras, Thomas de Gloveruia, Henrkus, Willielmus deWyteclurch, Johannes de Brokehampton, Willielmus de Chyriton, Willklmus de Bon, Johannes deOmhre lie \e, Rogerus Zutten 1379. Fid Fol r.f. 85-1. •[Valued at 1 1 8 3 /. 11 s. <^ J. per Annunh]
SELSEY, in jgjuffcp.
JN the year of our Lord 711. rfi^rf<^ Bifliop of Hagulftad remaining five years in the |fle oi Selfey to avoid perfecution, builf there a Monaftcry in honour of thebleiTed Marj^ to which Ethelwold King of the South Saxons, gSiyeLands.
iSz.
S H E P E Y Monaftery of t^uns^ in Itettt-
Founded by Qaeen Sexhurga, about the year of our Lord 710. * William Archbilhop of C'««/er^«ry, af.er the Conquefl rellored this ,.-7 Monaftery, it having lain a long time burnt down and deftroyed by the Danes. King Henry theU. Kjng Richard the]. Ring Henry the lU. and others, were Benetafl-ors to this Church of St. ^fxkr^. here, and t(5 the Nuns fervingGod in the fame ; all whofe Donations of Lands'and Liber- ties were confirm'd in the 1//. year of King Henry the IV. [Valued at 129/, 7 i. 10 ti, ob. pr Annum.']
T U K E S B U R. Y, in d^lOUCCftCtOjlt?.
THIS Monaftery was founded in the year 715. by two Dukes pf great account in the Kingdom of Mercia named Oddo and Doddo, to '■54' the honour of the glorious Virgin Mary.
Robert Fiz'Hamou in the year i lox. new built this Church and Mona ftery, makmg it an Abby, and fubjc£firg to it the Priory of Cranlume. His Daughter Mahilla was afterwards married to Robert h^ii^^onoi Ring Henry \. wHo v\as created Earl of Gloucejler ; he built the Priory of St. James zx. Brifiol, and annext it ahbtothi.^ Houfe. From himdefcended t.^ Ciller t de Clare Earl of Gloucefter and Hertford, who was a great Benefaftor to this Houfe, and buried here 5 as were the rcit of his delcendants, jjj. Earls of G/e«ce/rer, and the D/)^e«cen who defcended from one ot the Heirs General. All thtfe and more of their Blood, among w hom //enry de Beauchamp Duke of Warwick, were Benetaftors to this Abby, their pious '^^* gilts being all confirm'd and ratified by the King, 146%. '
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Thefeveral parcellsof Lands and Hereditaments given and confirm'd to this Houfe by tbrmer Kings may be feen, />. i6i, 1 6z. [Valued at IJ98/. *i j. 3 ^. ftr Annum.'}
W I N B U R N E, i« BojfetQjite.
lAint Quffihurga, and St. Cuthkrga, Sifters of Im King of the Weft SaX' I o«j, built here a Monaftery for Nuns, AmoDom. 718.
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li?y<j»^isoneof thofe fmalllflands which lie in thfe Eaft Fens. Here
, St. Guthlac, at the age of twenty five years, became a Hermite, and
in his life time delivered the Ifland from DeviUand evil Spirits, and dying, was here buried.
Ethelhaldl^vn^ of Mercia, by his Charter dated in. the year 7 1 6. gave to '^' God, the blefled Mary, and St. Batholomew, the whole Ifle of Croyland, •ontaining four Lfwcfl/, or miles in length, and three in breadth, for the ereftingofa Monaftery under the Rale oi St Benedid : and endow"d the faid Monaftery with large Poffeffions lying about the Place. ,5^ All which was confirm'd to them by Offa King of Mercia^ in the year
166 793. andbyW^i/i'/^/Kingof ^crcia, intheyear893. j5 * This Abby being afterwards burnt down and dcftroyed by the Pagan
Danes-y .was re edified and reftoredto its former Poffeffions and Liberties, by King Eadred, whoftiled himfelfKing ot Great J3ri/ji», in the year 948. Fid.Fol. i.p. %3.
[Valued at 180; /. ip; lO d. oh. per Anmf».2
BEVERLEY, i» |JojfeC()ire.
SAint yoht Archbifhopof Tork was the firft Dr. of Theology in Oxforei. He converted the Parifli- Church of St. John in the Town of Beverly
,-Q into a Monaftery, building to it a new Quire; and made his Deacon Bithunus the firft Abbot* here. Both which lie buried in this Church, One hundred years after this the Monaftery of Sevif^'/fy was deftroyed by the Danes, and lay in Ruines three years, before it was repair'd. King Ailelftan built here a Colledge of fecular Chailons. And granted and confirm'd to this Church of St. ^ohn of Beverley many great Priviledges and Liberties An. Dom.^^S. King£^wW the Confeftbr was a great Be- nefactor to this Church, and augmented the number of the Prebendaries.
171' ff^iZ/ww the Conqueror was alfo a Beneftiftor- /^^^w^tj the firft Archbifliop oiTork, ere(5tedanew Dignity in the Collegiate Church of £fT/fr/(fy,w2, a Prepofitus or Provoft, who has neither voice in the Chapter nor Stall in the Quire; of thefe, there is a Lift of thirty eight, Thomas Becket being the fifth in number. Fid. Vol. ■^.part. 2 ;>. 3.
[Valued at 10^/. 8^. 8</. ob. ferAwmm.']
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W/^i^Archbifhop ofTork founded a Monai>ery at RippottiWhkh was *7 ^ aitcrwards burnt down, in the Devaltjtton wmcu \iinQ Ae/rei{ made upon the Northumhrs. But being in after- tunes re editiLa, Ruig ^//'(Ji{/?tfw granted to this Church the Priviledge of Sanduary, vmui uie fame Liberties which he had given before to the Church o! B verfy; and that the men of Rippon fhouid be believed by their^M,and b^ meir tta. '^^'
5/. F R I D I S W A D E, ^/ JDjCf 0^0.
F^idifwaJe the holy Virgin was Daughter of Didanus a petty Kingi^Sw/- regtdtis) oi^'x^ord.) \wx Father bii'ta Church thtre in h nour of 5i. iflarj, zn<iuUSuints^ and gave it tor his Daughters Pabit tion, who With twelve oilier Nuns led there areiigious Lite. St Fridifradedud on the 14^^. oi xht Cal ttds ot Ni^veml^r 7:15 and was buned in the faid i^a. Church. This MonalUry and Church was all erwards burnt do An, uith the Danes in it, uho had fltd thither forRetiigCi but King Etle'reddid foon alter rebuild it with additi^ins. asappear>bv his Charier dated in the year 1004. In the year 11 11. Roger \\i\)[\o^o]^ Salhhury, in lieu of Nuns, inilituted in this Monaftery a Pn^r and Cinnons , to whom King Henry [. gave a fair Eftate in Lands and T>ths, which was confiini'd to ihem by ''^^" Pope Adrim
Bene.n£t< rs to tfiis Church of St. Fridtfvuds in Oxfoidf were Maud the Emprefs, Fdrl Simon. Ralpth Foliot, and others.
See more ol this Monaitcry, i.-jr<i^p.^%i.
D E R E H AM, in Bojfolfe.
T T JIthhurga Daughter of Anna King of the Eal Angks^ built a Mona* ' 7^« VV Ikry lor Nuns in this lown aid was buried here. After the In- curfion of the Pagan Da«'f. the Nuns were all difpers'd, and the Church was made parochial. In the year 798, the Body of 'St. fr///.^«/-M was found here, uncorrupted, near fitij fave years after her death. Ftd ffol 2
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S\mx Allan was m^rtyr'd in this place, then cillcd yerolamium, in the timeoj/)/0'/(f/$<7»'s pcrftcution. Ten years after that perfecution ceaVd, the ChriOians i>uilt here a Church to his nibmory j . which being dellroy'd by the mcurfion ot tiicl-arbarous People, O^a. King of MerciJ^ about the year 7^3. repair'd the Church, built here a Monaftery, ftored it. with Moiikb, tranilaiedthe Rtliques of the Martyr into a rich Shrine, and ob- tain'd of Pope Adrian to have him canonized. And by his Charter dated in the above-mentioned year granted to the faid Monaftery feveral Lands and great Privilcdges. In < he year ii^^Nkhlas Bilhop of^/Z-^Can Englith- born man near thibMonaftery)beingchofenPopebythe ozmeoi Adrian IV. • • . D granted
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granted to the Tkbbot of this Abby, that as St. Alhan was the firft Martyr oi England, fo this Abbot Ihould be the firll of all the Abbots of £w- /<?»</ in order and dignhy.
178. King John by his Charter dated the iitb. of June in the firll: year of his Reign, granted toGod,*andthe Church of St. i4/^<?», and the Monks there, divers Lands and great Liberties.
179. Pope /:fo»<?ri»j, by his Bull dated in the year 1218. confirm'd to this Church all Lands and Liberties granted to it by former Popes, Kings, and
1 80. others, granting alfo to the Abbot and his Succeflbrs Epifcopal £l.ights, and the Efpifcopal Habit, and that he and h'ls Monks fliould be exempt
' ° ^" from the Jurifdiftion of the Biftiop 5 with other exenaprions, ^c. referviug as a Rent to the A poftolick See yearly, for thele LibertieSi the payment of one ounce of Gold.
In the Windows of the Cloyflers of this Abby, were formerly painted abundance of Hiftorical Paffages out of the Bible, with LatmVtrks under- neath each Story, explaining the fame. In like manner were the Windows of the Library, and Presbytery painted, with the Pictures of famous men, with explanatory Verfes, which Verfes may be feen In the Momiflkon at large, ;^. iSz, 183, 1.84.
[^Valued at 2102/. 7^; id. ob. q. fer Annum:
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ING Ofrk was the firft Founder of this Monaftery for Nuns, Anno.
Dom. 6y6. Offa King o( Mercia^ placed herefecular Casnons; and
King Edgar introduced Monks inftead of Cannons.
e- King William the Conqueror gave the City of Bath to God, St„ Teter,
^ '' and John Bilhop of JVells, for the augmentation of his Epifcopal Seat
^ King Henry the I, confirm'd the fame, and conftituted and confirm'd the
18^. E^Kco^ilSeat of Somerjetjhire, which was formerly at Wells^ to be at
Bath, by Charter dated in the year mi. and in the twelfth year of his
Reign. The faid John the Bilhop, by his Deed dated 1 106.. appointed the
Church of St. Fffer here, to be the Head and Mother-Church of the
whole Diocefs, and reftored the Lands which the King had given him in
Bath, to ths Monaftery there, to which they did formerly belong; with
an Anathema againft the Violators of his faid Gift and Reft oration.
Oliver King Bilhop of Bath, and Gi^ij the laft Prior here, built the pre- sent Church, />. 185. -^
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*" ^TnewHlfKvng of the We(l Saxons, in the year "^66. gave to the Mo- naftery at Wells dedicated to St. Andrew the Apoftle, feveral parcells of Land adjoyning.
187. King £<^H><j!r^ the Confeffor Anno 106^. gave and confirai'd to the ChOrch andSiOjop of fTe/Zf, the Lands and Liberties formerly iX> the faid Church given, with additions.
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WiNCHCUMB, in dPloucctlctflbite.
Al^no Dom. i%f. OffaKmgoiMercia^ built here a Monaftery for Nuns. Or as others fay, it was built by Kemlphus King of Mercia 4.D yt^%, j,, ^ and the Church dedicated by Wilfridus Archbifliop of Catiterlurj;and twelve ^'^'^° other Bilhops; at which dedication that King rcieafed at the Altar, the King oi' Kent, his Prifoper of War. This r*jonaflery being almoft utterfy decay'd, in the time of King Ec/gar, was repaired by St. O/ival^ Archbi- Ihop o!iTorl{, and Germanus made Abbot here. King Kenul.us i-s (aid to 189. have placed here at the firft Foundation nolefs then three hundred Moiks. Of thefe three hundred Monks there might poflibly be not above forty 19c. who were Priefts or Clerks,thc reft might be Hermits.or as meer Lay men get their living by Working.as in ancient Times Monks did ule to do. The Mannors and Lands formerly belonging to this Monaftery were eleven Towns with their Members, the names of which may be feen, />. 1904 ViJ.rol.z.p.^SA-
^Valued at 759 ^. 11 s. 9 d, per Annum.']
WILTON, inmHtUtZ,
WZ>lftan'^zx\ oWrltlhire repaired an ancient Church here dedicated '•
to St. Mary, and plactd therein aColledgeof Priefts. After whofe ^^^ death, his Widow Alhurga, converted the Foundation to a Nunnery of Virgins, Annq Dom. Zoo. Afterwards King Alfred built at Wiltati a new Monaftery, and dedicated the Cl^rch to St /l/<jr/ and St. Bart holomeiv- here he placed twelve Nuns and an Abbefs, and tranflated the other Nuns hither from St. Mary's, which made the number in all twenty fix. SuWeq jeni Benefadors were King Edward the Elder, King Athelfiattt king Edgar, WzUium the Conqueror, &c. Vid. Vol. 2./». §5-7. [Valued at 601/, \s. i d. q. per Amvn.^
A M B Rt S B a R Y, i« mHWu^
TH E Nunnery at Amhreshury was built by Queen Elfrida by way of expiation for the hiurder of King Edward the Younger, called St. Edward of which Ihe had been guilty. In the Reign of Henry the II. Anno Dom 1177. the Nuns here were expell'd from this Houfe and fhut up in other religious Houfcs under ftriftcr Cuftody, for their inconti- nency and notorious fcandal. And other Nuns ot Font-Everard intro- duced here, by the Authority of Pope Alexander., King //d-wry the II. and i?;c/.;4rrJArchbiftiopoi Canterbury. Winch K;ng//fwr^ thell.' gave to the faid Nunnery q\ Font Everard this Church as a Cell, with many other Lands and great Liberties, all which were confirm'd by King i7c/j» in the ^92- firft year ot his Reign ; withra Gift of 5-0 s. per Annum out ot the Exchequer for ever, in the fifth year of his Reign. Vid. 2. Vol p. 8^8. ^93«
[Valued «t 4^ j /. 151. 2 d. per Annum.']
Da MID-
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M I D L E T o N, in ©o^fetdiice.
194" XT' IN G '^AjthelJiaKy having upon falfe accufations unjufllybaniflit his jI\_ youngeft Brother Edwyttt and put him to Sea in an old Veflel with- out either Sails or Oars, where he was drown'd 3 and being afterwards extream penitent, he built and endowed here a Church and Monaftery
ip?' in honour ot St. Mary and St. Sampfon the Archbiftiop 5 and ftored it with Black Monks, for the Soul of his faid Brother fii/HjyM.
Healfopurchafedfrom Rome and other places beyond the Seas feveral holy Reliques; and gave them to this Monaftery as a piece of our Saviour's Crofs ; a Great Crofs compofed of Gold, Silver, and precious Stones 5
196. the Arm and feveral Bones of St. Sampfon the Archbifhop, (Sc. King Athel- 7?dr»'s Charter of Endowment bears date ii the year 843. and was cxera- plitied andconfirm'd by King Henry the il,
J 07, The fame Founder built another Monaftery on the fame occafion, at
a place called Michel; in Dorfetflnre.
[Valued at J 7 8/. 13^: 11 d. oh. per Annum. ~\
E
POLESWORTH, in m^l\Qit}Mtt'
^Glert King of thtWefi Saxons built here a Nunnery, and made his Daughter £f////^ the firft Abbe(s there. King fVilliam the Conquer-
198, or gave this Eftate to a Favourite of his called ^vx Robert Marmyon, whofe chiet Seat was at the Neighbouring Caftle of 7amvDortb, he expell'd the Nunb for a while, but not long after reftored them again to their old Eftate, and was reputed their Founder. The Nuns of Polefworth had a Cell at Olbury, which was given to their Monaftery by Walter de Hayings, and
199. confirm'd to them by Roger Bilhop of Chefter (then the fame Diocefs with Coventry/ind Litchfield) and others.
[Valued at 87 /. 16 s. 3 d. fer Annttm.']
5/. w E a B u R G s, at ci^eftcr-
THE holy Virgin Werlurg was Daughter of Wulfer King of Mercia, and Ermenilda his Wife. She lived and died in a Monaftery at Chefter,whKh had been built of old time for the Habitation of Nuns 5 but after the Conqueft Hugh Earl ofCheJier placed Monks there.
The Monaftery was built by KingEdgar in the year 8 5 8. Hugh Eirl of Ckj?tfr having eftablifht Monks here, endow'd the Foundation with great Revenues, his Barons alfo giving very liberally to the fame, whofe Char- ter bears date Jnno Dom. 1093. The Particulars given may be feen in the MovafticondX large, ^. zoiixox. See more of this Houfe, />• 9 8 5-.
[^Valued at 1 00 3 /. $u ij d. fsr Annum.']
SOO,
A THE.
VoLi I. Benedictines.
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A T H E L I N G, in ^OltieCfetHjfW. lot.
KI N G Elfred being driven out of his Kingdom by the Danes^ con- ceal'd himfelf for fome time in tliis place, then compaft about witti Marilhes and Water, that it wasinaccefJable but with a Boat. Upon his reftoration he built Iiere a Church and Monaflery. His Charter of Endowment bears date ^»w Dow. §78. ^°)°
About the fame time that King Elfred founded this Mooaftery for Monks, he founded another for Nuns at Shafteslury.
[^Valued at 209/. ou 3 d. q. fcr Amnm.']
p E a s H o R E. /•« mo?eeCctQjicc.
TH E Monaftery here was built in the time of King Edgar by Duke Egelivardus 5 but the greateft part of its Eltate was in after- time transferred b v Ring Edwa> d and King William to Weflmittjler. Oth( rs fay, it was founded about the year 604. by 0/?y^/</ Nephew ci King Athet- 204. red. Ofwj/d did at firrt: place here (ecular Canons, which were alter changed to Monks, then Canons reftored, 9nd then Monks once again in- troduced by King Edgar. Atmo.Dom. iixj. there happened a grie\0'js fire here, and the Monks for rcme time having left the place, their El! ate was ufurpt by the Monks of Wel}ynin(ier. The Deeds, and Charters of Privi- ledges of this Houfe being burnt, Witnefles were examined and made 2°5^* (everal Depofitions of the ancient Liberties and Gufloms ufed-, and of right ^°^° belonging to this Monaftery, which may be feen in the MonajiicoH at ^°7' large.
[Valued at d 45 /. 4^. ^d. pr Annum.']
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HIDE, in i^ampdji'te. j^og.
THIS is otherwife called the new Monaflery at Witichejier^ and was dciigned by King£//>-e^, but built alter his death by his Son King Edward, Who placed therein fecular Canons under the Rule of a holy man caird Grimhaldus. This new Monaftery being at firfl built within the City, clofe to the Cathedral Church, was on the account of feveral in- conveniencies in theScituation, removed in the year 1121. to the place called Hide. Great was<he Revenue given to this Monaflery, and many the Benefa6lors befidcs the Founder, as King AtbelJlaH^ King Edmund, King f^rt'rf', King £/^g^/- (who expeU'dtlie Canons and placed Monks here) King Edmund IroMlide, Fd'ftjWthe Conleffor, Ffi/Z/a/w the Conqueror, ^^^^ Henry I. and M^«^his Queen, ©c.
But this Houfe was not without its misfortunes, WilUdm the Conqueror at his firft coming finding the Abbot and twelve of his Monks in arms againfthim, feiz'd upon their Eftate and held it from them almoft two years. And in the Reign o\K\n^ Stephen, Henry then Bifhop oiWinckejUr tommittedfuch extortions upon the Monks here, tiiat he got from them almofl all their Church Plate, and was fo opprellive tliat of forty Mosks, there remained but ten in the Houfe,
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Benedictines. Vol. 1.
2 1 1. King Edgars Diploma to this Houfe was written ia Letters of Gold, and doxtdi Anno Dotn. ^65.
The Priviledges of this Houfe were agreed and fettled between IVillhm Biftiop oiWinchefter and Gaufridtts Abbot here. An. Dom. i lio. [^Valued at S^j /. i8 ^. oi. ob. q.pr Annum.']
zii. WINCHESTER Monajiery of Nuns.
A Bout the year 905. Alfioitha Wife of K\ng Alfred, began the Foun- dation of a Nunnery at Winchsjler, which was after her death com- pleated by her Son King Edward the Elder.
[Valued at I'j^t. 'j s. 2 d. fer Annum.'}
XI3. St. PETRO CVS, at Bodmin, iw.CojtllSjaU.
KING Athelftan was the firft Founder of this Moriaftery for .Monks ; which after the Conqueft, came into the Crown, but was purchafed by Algams, and flored with Camons regular.
5^ G E R M A I N S, /« COJtrtBall
KI N G Atheljlan founded a Monaflery here, which at that time was the Seat of a Bilhop, but was afterwards removed by King Edward the ConfefTor from hence to Exeter. Bartholomew Bifliopof £xe?er intro- duced into this Church by the King's Authority, Canons Regular, eight in number, and a Prior.
[Valuedat 245 /. 8 J.' per y^»»«w.]
K
S H A F T E S B U R Y, /» ©OjCCtOjitC
'I NG EZ/rf^ built this Town in the year 880. Elgiva Wife of ^</. ^ ^ mund., great Grand- child ofthefaid Elfred, built here a Monaftery lor Nuns. King Edward the younger, commonly called St. Edward tiie Martyr, murder'dby his Mother- in-Laws procurement, was here interr'd, on which account this Church was afterwards ca^'d by his name. ^. Benefaftors to this Houfe were King £^/K««^, KiDg£<^rf</, ^. I>. 948.
jit' and King Etheldred, loor. 2^ ^" See more of this Monaftery, p. 98;.
[Valued at ii66l. % s. <)d, pr Annum.'} • ,
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117. T A V E S T O C K, i» 5Bel)0nfl)itf*
ORdgartts an Earl in thefe Parts, and Father of Eifrid Wife of Ring Edgar, built this Monaftery in the year 961, for Monks. It was afterwards burnt down by the Danes. King Edelred., in the year 981. en- ,t3 dow'd it with Lands and Liberties; the like did King Henry the I. all • : which
Vol. L Benedictines, ~ ^
which was exemplified and confirm'd by King Edward the III. in the twenty fecond Year of his Reign. Sec more of this Monaftery, p,()9S'
(^Valuedat.902 /. J j. 7 d. fer Annum.']
RUMSEY, in^mMl^
KI N G Edward the Elder, built here a Monaftcry, in which his Grand- fon King iE^g^r placed religious Nuns, under the Government of J\.et wittathtvc khheis, AmoDom.^oj.
King Edgar, King Henry III. and King Edward I. were Benefa£lors to this Houfe, and confirm'd the Lands and Liberties to them given. [[Valued at 595 /, \o s. lod. oh. per Annum.]
H o a T o N, ift BojcctO^ire*
ORgarus Earl of Devoftfhire (formerly mention'd) was the firft Foun- ier of this Monaflery, who after* his deceafe, which happen'd in the year 971. was here buried.
i?egfrBi(liopof5^ir^KrK,*obtain'd of King Henry x\\t\. that this Houfe and the PoflefTions thereunto belonging fhould be transfer'd and aonext to the Monaffery of Shirhurn, fo that in after times it was accounted only as a Cell of that Houfe, tho' it had been before that jreckon'd as an Abby •fitfelf;
aro.
x?,o.
EXETER, in j>el)onfl)tce.
THE Kingdom of the Wefi Saxens having been, deftitute of a Bifhop for full (even years before, Pope Formofus rhreatn'd to curfe Ring Edward the Elder, in the year 905. unlefs he would reflore Bilhops ac- cording to the ancient Tradition. Hereupon that King calling a Synod, in which prefidcd P/£'gw«»d'«j Archbithop gf Canterhury, did by their ad- vice conflitute feveral Bilhops Seats, and fct out their feveral Diocefies, and the Archbifhop ordain'd feven Bifhops in one day to fcven Churches, among which Athelftan was made Biftiop oi Cornwall, and Eadulf of Crid- azi. htgtoH. In theyejfr 1046. King f^ifW the Confeflbr united thefe two Bilhopncks, and foon alter at the reqaeft of PopeI,«fixt the Seat of the Bifhop in the Monafier)- of St. Mary and St. Peter ax Exeter, the then Bi- ihop Dofric being introduced. into the Cathedral Church betwixt the King and Queen. Which Bifiiop finding the faid Church much dccay*d and impoverifht in its Goods and Revenues became a great Benefadkor, gi- ving to it not only feveral Books and Church Ornaments.but divers Lands 5 ^' and recovcr'd tor the Monafter^ other Lands which had been formerly ■ given, and fince loft and taken from them.
King Atkeljian, loon atter his coming to the Crown of this Kingdom, ^.ic. ereded the Monaflery heretoSt.Af<«ry andSt. Fe/^r, and endow'dit with twenty fix Towns and Villages, and gave to it the third part of thofc many Kelicks which he had ciufed to be collefted beyond the Scas.^/x. fome pieces of our Lord's Crols, Scpufchcr, Garment, Cradle, c^f. witji many
othcrf ,
f 4 Benedictines. Vol.1.
227. others, which mav be feen at large, />. 2x5. zx6. After him King ^/i&e/rf^,
2-z8. King C»Hf, King Ee/wardxhe Contelior, Ring Jo^«, and King Henry the HI.
219. became Benefadtors: (o alfo King Henry the I. ^ho reftored to this Mona-
230. ftery feveral Churches which had teen taken from it.
2jl.
236.
R A M s E Yj i« J^untingDonft(re«
I
N the vear 969. JilmnusDnke of the Eafi Angels, at the inftigatioit of j^ 0>^/<^Archbi(l\opof fork, iounded the Monallery of Ramfey, which was confecratcd by St. Dmjlan Archbifliop of Canterhnry, and the faid Ofioald, in the year 974. and the Church dedicated to the bleifed Mary and alJ holy Virgins, and to St. Benediii. 2,5 2 Ramfey is afmall Ifland, fuuated among Fens and Marifhes, in theEaft
corner ot Huntingdonfhire, about two miles long, and near as broad. It was formerly very much abounding with Alders and other Trees that delight in moift Ground, from whence it might take nsmm^ Ramfey a ramis, quafi Infhla Ramcrum 2,35. .At the Foun-lition of this Church King £</g<ir gave to it five Hides of Land. St.O/ii>a/</alfo gaveleveral Ornamenti and Lands, and procured to it others. Z34. Duke Aihims the Founder gave to this Abby the whole Ifle in which itftood with the adjacent Marilhes and Meets, and divers other Lands. All which, \vith other Lands from other Benefaftors, King Edgar con- 235. firm'd to this Abby, .granting alio divers great Priviledgesas a Sanduary, ^c The like was done by King Edward the Confeflor, with the addition of feveral other Liberties and Pnviledges. King Henry.the I. Ring Henry the II. K ng Richard, Kiagjohn, and Uxog Edward the 1. w»e alfo Royal ^3^* Benefaaors. -
Ailmms the Founder gave many precious Ornaments befides two 239* hundred Hides ol'Land, and departed this Life on the ^th. of the Calends of May. His Epitapk was as follows, ,
Hk requiefcit Ailwinus, inclyti regi? Edgari * * • cognatHS, t6tm hr\^'ix Aldermanms^ &hujus
facri c£nui>ii, miraculosl, fmdator.
ABBOTS of R AMSET.
1 /Ednothus,A,D. 970. ixWillielmns 1161.
X WhjilHs 1008. 1 -^ Rolertus Trianel ii8o.
3 Withmannus lOl6. i^ Eudo 1 2 00.
4 Etheljianus lozo. i^ Rolertus deRedinges izoz." ^ Alfvo'mus 1043. 16 Richardus 12 14,
6 Aielfinus 1080. ^7 tiugo Foliot 12 16.
7 HerhertHS made Biihop of Nor^ 1% Ranulfus 12,31. p,ich 1087. x^WiLlidinus Acolt i^'j-
% Aldwinm lopr. ^o H^go de Sulgrate i^S^.
9 £er«W«f was Abbot for five years -2.1 Wiliielmus i7.6j.
vaxhQ\\iQol Aldmnus. 2.2 'Johannes • ix8j.
to Reginaldus H14. "2.1 Simon l-^i6.
II Waherus 113 J- ^^^o^^rtus > iS4i-
z^Ricard'us
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25 Ricardui •1349' 2.8 Johafitjcs T)chemar(h 14 1 9-
26 Edntur.dis 1^82. 29 Johannes Crowland '434-
27 Thomas Bottenvkk 1400. 30 Johannes Stowe 145^.
The memorable Occurrances in the times of thefc feveral Abbots may be feeu in ihe Monafikon^p.i^i, 242. Fid, 2. f^<?/./>. 869. [Valued at 17167. i2<y \d, per Annum.']
T H o R N E Y, tn cambjiDgeOjirc^
THIS Monaflery was founded in the year 972. hySc.Adelwe/dKi- 24 n lliop of H'inchejler^ in the Reign ot King Edgar. In the year 1085". the Church was new built by GnnteriHS the then Abbot here, and dedicated by //(?rx;fy the firfl; Bifliop of £/y. In the year 97 j. King £</• gar granted to this Abby fcveral Lands and Priviledges.
Principal Benofaftors to this Houfe were N/gf//w Biflhop of H/;/, WiUiaw 245". TtvereU feveral of t\\e Beauchamps, h'enry de Mcrch, William de Alleneis, 247. Brito., Jhurjian de Monffort^ and John de Stutavill. &c. The. Lands and 249. Benefadions of whom, were recited and confirmed to this Abby by the 250. Bull o'iVoi^c Alexander dated A*D. 1162.
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A.D. |
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1085. |
Gunterius. |
1 24 4. Thomas Cajlre. |
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1113. |
Role rf US' I. |
1x6 1. Willie Imus tal^fley. |
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iiSi. |
Gilhertus. |
1'293. ^^'^ ^^ Whitlefey. |
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1 1 54. |
GAtcrus. |
1305. WilliclmHS C/oftOM. |
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1 158. |
Herhertus. |
1322. Reginaldiis de Water Miivton. |
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1163. |
WalteriiS. |
1547. Willielmus Haddon. |
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1176, |
Solamon. |
1 3 65'. Johannes Depyng, |
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1193. |
Robert HS 11. |
1^96. Nicholaus IJlep. |
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119!^. |
Radulphus. |
1402. Thomas Chanv. |
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Tll6. |
Rohertus IIL |
14x5. Alaf^us KirketOM. |
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1231. |
VVido Wake. |
1437. Johannes Kirketon. |
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1237. |
Ricardus. |
1450. Johannes Ramfey. |
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123 i. |
David. |
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c H A T E R I z. i« CambjiDgcOjfw.
TH E Mannor of Chaterk was given hf King Edgar, to the Abbot of Ramjey. Ednodus Abbot of Ramfej built a Church and Monaflery for Nuns at C/jj/mz, and endow'd it with n'eceflaries; which Ednodus or Ednothusht\ng Biihop oi Dorchejl er wzs murdered by the Danes, 1016. King t:feMry the I. gave and anncxt this Abby 10 the Church of £/y, and Hervtus the firft Biftiop there. Pope Innocent the IV. confirm'd the E- ^^*" ftate and Priviledgcs of this Abby to the Abbefs and Sifters here, about theyeariz42. Kid. x.Fol.p.%6c^.
[Valued at 97/. 3 s. 4 J. q. pr Anmm.']
^ CERNE,
25 Benedictines. V o l. I.
253. C E R. N E, in BOjfCtlljice.
SAint Auguftitie the Monk after he had converted Kent^ travelled with his Companions over the reft of King Ethelhcrfs Dominions, which extended as far as the Northumhers, preaching the Gofpel of Chrift, And being in Dorfet/hira a great Company of people offer'd therofelves to Baptifm in a place where water was wanting, whereupon by miracle a z 54. Fountain of Water burft o«t of the Ground, which was in the fucceeding- times cail'd St. Auguflms Fountain. , "Here Edivaldui Brother of St. Edmuvd the King and Martyr, led a Hermits life, and died with the reputation of great Sanftity ; which occafion'd that EgelwuUus or Ethelwerdus built here a Monaftery to the honour of St. Peter, which h\sHon EthelmerE^tl oi Cornwall A. D. 9S7'. endow 'd with divers Lands.
CValued at 5 1 3 /. ij s. 10 d, q, per Atinam."]
x5>. St. IVES, 7« i^untmgtonCbire*
r
'N the year looi. the Body of St. Jvohdng found in this Town then called Slepe^ and tranflated from his Grave to a Shrine, the Town ever after cook name from the Saint, andEdfiothus Abbot of Ramfey, built here aChurch. . Pope Z)r^4« confirm'd the Eftate of this Monartery to the Prior and Monks of the fame and to their Succeflbrs, granting them many great Priviledges, among others, that they fliould pay no Tithes of their Lands and Cattle which they fliould hold in their own proper hands. z<6 '^ was found by Inquifition in the 36 H. 3. that the Pariih Church of
St Ives dedicated to the honour of all Saints, is a Vicarage of the Prefen- tationofthe Abbotofi?^^*^/^^ that the Prior of St. /i/e/ as Parfon receives all Corn- Tithes, and of the Vicar for his portion 4/. 131. ^d. That the Vicar receives all fmall Tithes, obventions, Mortuaries (Teflamentd) Plow- alms, Rates and other Cuftoms, which fee in the Book at large.
K
W A R W E L L, in i^ajtipCbiW-
'TNG Edgar hearing extraordinary Commendations of the beauty of
Elfrida Daughter oiOdgar Dake of Bevonjhire, icnt Earl Ethelwold,
tu d.fcover if the young Lady's beauty was equal to report, the Earl finding itfo, difparaged her to the King, andfecretly married her himfelf. After a while the King perceiving himfelf to have been treacheroufly deceived, took occafion one day to take the Earl afide as they were hunting in Warewell-wood, and there flew. him. In expiation of which Deed Elfrida^ who was after her firft Husband's death married to King £<s^<?r,buik here a .(.o Monaftery for Nuns, in honour of the holy Crofs. This Monaftery was ' afterwards endowed with Lands by King Ethelred Son of the faid Edgar and Elfrid in the year loox. as appears by Infpe^imMS 44. //. 3. Vid. 3. Fel.
P'9'
[Valued at 3 39 /, Ss. 7 J. per Annum.'}
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E Y N E S H A M, in ©pfojOflbite.
rTpr
ZJO.
'HIS Monaftery was fituated near the KxvtxThames, founded and -j^.q \ endowed byonef/Ae^Kjrwi', a manof Q^iality under King £//jf/- red, who confirmed the Lands given to it, and granttd divers Liberties and Priviledges to the fame, in the year of oar Lord 1005:.
To thisHoufea MonaReryat5/<>w near Lincoln, built and endow'd by 2^2,.
Ccdiva Wife of Leo/rick Earl oiCheJler^ was formerly annext as a Cell. 263.
In the year H09. Kwg Henry the I. repair'd this Monaftery, at that z64.
time decay 'd, 'and confirm'd to u all its Lands and Liberties. 265.
rVaIuedat44; /. lu. zd. ob. q. fer Annum 7\
BURTON, in ©tafifojDCbwe*
WV'fricus Spot, an Officer in the Court of King Ethelred built this Abby and endow'd it with all his paternal Inheritance, amounting z 66. to 7C0 /. and gave to that King three hundred Mane is otGold to purchaie hisConhrmation of what he had done. The Names of the feveral Lands and Manners given to tliis Abby may be feen, p. i68,, xd^.
King Ethelred granted to this Abby great Liberties in all their Lands, by
his Charter dated in the year 1006. And Pope Lucius the III. in the
year 1185-. confirm'd to them all their Lands, granting alfo many great
• Priviledges to the faid Abby, as that they ihould pay no Tithes of what
they held in their own hands, c^v.
The afore-mention'd Wulfriats Spot, the Founder of this Abby, was £ari of Mercij, and one of theBiood Royal. Upon the Foundation, (which was in the year 1004;) certain Monks were removed to this Houfe trom VVindjejler. Hulfricus wzs flain in a Battle againft the Danes, AD. loio. and was buried in the ,Cloyfter of this Houle.
A Lift of the Abbots of Burton upon Trent from the firft Foundation to
the DifToluticn. ^72.
^i Wulfgetus. oh. loz6. 19 Thomas Pakington oh. 1305'. 274*
z Btitericus. oh. 1050. zo Johannes P/foatoralhsStapiwhull. ^nV
3 Leuricus. oh. 1085. ob. 1316.
/^ Galfridus Malaterra ex^Qll'd 10^ j^. 21 H'illielmus de Bromley, oh. j-^i^.
5 Wgellus. ob. 1114. 22 Robertus Longdone. ob, 1340^
6 G-///r/</!<j refigned 1 1 50. to 23 Rohertus Brickhull. 00. i^j^^,
7 Robertus depofcd and expelfd 24 Johannes Ipfloke. oh. 1-^66,
i^'^59- 2, 5 Thomas Svutham. oh. I Aoo.
8 Barnardus oh. I J j^. -i.^ Johannes SudiuriereC\gnd I ^i.^.
9 Robert chofen ^gain ob. n.77. 17 Willielmus lHathew. oh. 1490.
10 Rogerns Makhraunch oh. l\%T.. 1^. Rcbertus Oushy refign'd 1451.
11 Rtcarclus oh. 1188. 29 Radulphus Henley refign'd 1454.
12 Nicholaus ob. 1197. 30 Willielmus Bronflon. oh. 1472.
13 Willielmus Melhume ob. 1210. 31 Thomas Feylde. oh. 1493.
14 Rogerus Nor tftumus oh. izl^. 32 Willielf»iis Heigh, oh. I ^Or. 15- N/cholasdelVaUmgfrd oh. ixxz. 33 U'/llielmifs Bejne oh. i^z^' \6 Richardusde /«/«/./, removed to 34 Johannes Bojl on.
he Abbot oibt.Ed'f'unds 1X2'.). 35 Riurdus Edes, the Jaft Abbot >7 Laurent ius oh. i%^o. ■ oi Burton.
18 Johannes Stafford oh. 1280. E 2 The
28 B E N E D r C T I N E S, VoL. "I.
The remarkable Occurrences during theVimc-sof thefaidjevcral Abbots may be feen in the Book at large. Vjd Vol. %.p. 869. [Valued at 267/. 14-^. l d. per Anmr/n.^
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276. A B B O T S B U R. Y, i« 3©0jCcta}ti:.%
Bout the year ioz6:one Orf«x a Great snan inthtComtofK Cam fi/s,
together with his Wife To/^,bang both without hope or poliibility
01 iliae, built and endovy'd the Monaftery at Ahhonhurj^ and dedicated it 178. to St:/'f/d'r the Apoflie. The faid Orrw did alfo give a hall to a G///iW or Fra- ternity ir, t'lis Town, and by agreement between him and the Brethren, certain Orders were (ettled for thd R.ulc and Governance of the laid JFra- ternity, to the glory of God, and honour of St. F^^^r. V^^ng Edward i\iQ
2.79. Conteflbr, and King f:F///i^»; the Conqueror ratified 0/c-«/ and hii Wives Benefaftions to the Monkshere,and granted them certain Franchifet. By sifi- quifition taken before the Efcheator and Sheriff of this County, in .the
2.80. 53 /i/<?». 3. The feveral Lands, Rents, and Liberties of tiiis Abby were found and fet forth; the Jury alfo found that the Abbot here held his E- flate of the Ki^ng in Capite by the fervice of one Knight 'u Fee only, and not, in Baronia, by the lervice of a Barony.
In the year i)05'. Thomas Strangeways Efqi founded a perpetual Chan-, try in theChappeloftlic Bleiled IS'^an in the Church of this Abby, and endow'd it with dents, for'the maintenance of one Mafs to be laid in the
2? I- faid Chappel daily for ever, for the Souls of his Anceftors and Friends, and for all the Faithful, fubjedting it to the Vifitation of the Bifhop ; and the Abbot did oblige himfelf to find a Monk (\n cafe he fhould have above eigh< Minks, Priefts, in th^ Monaftery^ to perform the Offire : and this
^°'^- uaderthepenalty of 3 J. ^d. to the Bilhopof the Diocefs, and 3/. 4</.to the Heirs of the faid Strangeways, for 6very o million.
[.Valued at 590/. i^s. 2d. ob. q. perAnntim.l
c
H U L M E, in ^Ufifolfe.
\AMutus the Dafti/h King of England, returning from /fflwe, built two
Monafteriestothe honour of St. Bef?edi^, one in Norwey, and the
otnet- this in England. Which lad he founded in a fenny place then cali'd Couholm, where, in former-times, before the Danes came into England,
283. one Suneman 2iV{Grm\te did inhabit, fpending his time in devotion there for above fifty years. To the Abby here built, the faid King Canutus
' gave many Lands and Priviledges. All which King Edvpard.ihe Confeilbr
confirm'd, and granted others, Sacne, and Sokne, Toll, and Theam, Sic. and
284. all other Liberties and free Cuftoms which he himfelf enjoy 'd in his own Demeans, and Lands belonging to the Crown.
St.-
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5^. E D M U N D S- B U fl Y, in ^wMt-
SAirit Edmund the lafl Ring of the Ead Angles, bting overcome by Inguar., and Huhha Pnsi,.in Danes, was cruelly bound to a Tree, w hipf, aS c. and then Ihot to death, futfering rha-tyrdom for the Chriilian Rel^gioti, in the year of our Lord 870. and the i^th. of his Age. His Head and Body were thrown into a thick Wood by the Pagans, but being afterwards found out by miracle, he was buried ac a t*Qeighbouring place cail'd by ' the Saxons Beodrkhejivorth (now St.Edmunshury) wheie the Chriltians built afmall Church. I3ut afttrWards King Canutus (who had erected at q8.6. Rome an Englidi School, and allign'd for Us maintenance a Sum of Money which was yearly fenc from En^md^ and calfd Romefcot) by advice of his Bidiops and i3arons, changtd^the fecular Clergv, belonging .to 'this Church, to Monks, in the year 1010 and brought hither from the Abby diHulnie thirteen religious Benediftincs, whof^ fit If Abbot here was one Wtus. He alfo caufed halt the Books, Vellments, and Utinfils of that Ab- by to be removed hither. King hldmund the Elder in the year 941. gave „ __ Lands to this-Chmch.and a'ter him the torefaid King Camtus gave many ^ • ' Lands to this Mohaftery, and rebuilt it in a"ma<;ni'ijent mantier.
Controverfies arifma; in the Reign of King William the Conqueror, 2.88. between the Abbot and the Billiop of the L;.iocefs, the Abbot went to Rome, and Ibund fuch favour wictJ Pope Alexander the II. thTit he gr'antcd to him and his Succellors Eplfcopal Jurifdiftujn, and this fpecial priviledge^ viz. That fo long as they kept a porphery Altar, wliich he then gave him, tho' the whole Kingdom ihould fall under Excommunication, yet the '
Divine O^cq Oiould not ceide in this Abby unlels fpecially interdiifed by name. His Bull bc.irs date ^». Dew. 1071. In the year 108 1. theCon- tefl between the Bifliop and Abbot was examined before King William Og the Conqueror, and upon hearing both fides, tha? King did declare the Qh\Jivc\\ o^St< Edmund, and tlie Tow n in which it Ifands, to be exempt from the Biihops Jurifdidion.
The Steward or Senefchall's Office for the Liberty of St. Edmund, was ^ place of great honour, and the Family of HaHings held it in Fee. Thty enjoy'd feveral great Fees and Advantages by Cuftom, in cafe they exe- cuted the Office in their own Perfon, but if*by Deputy or Litutena;;t, then the faid Deputy received half. All w hich particulars were iound by in- quifion in the ^oth. year oi Edward the I.
In the year lofo. the Body ot St Edmmd was tranflatcd to Lcttdon,^ this ^^^^ Country being intefled by the Danes --^ but after three years it wasDtouglit back again. In. the year lozi. foon after King C<7^«/«J had introduced Monks here, Aldwjnus Biilrop of the Ea/l Angks, began to build a (lately new Church, to which work and for the maintenance of the Fabrick, the Inhabitants of N^o//(y/i(- and Suffolk did freely give yearly 4/ out of every Carucate of Land in the Country. This Church wa.sin the year 1032. dedicated in honour ot ChriO, the Bleiled Mary, and St. Edmund.
King Edward the Confeflbr, Kingtr/ZZ/'^w the I. King //enry the I. King Steven, andKmg Richard, withmmy Biihops, and other Perfons of Q_!a- ~^^' licy of both Sexes gave Lands and jfreat Revenues to this Abby. ^^^*
The B)dyof St. £^/w«;/</rechain'd intire and uncorruptcd> and was fo ''^'^' fcenby many witnelles.
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295".
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ABBOTS of St.EDMV N S BV RT.
298. X99.
300;
301.
"i Wius, Monk of Hulme,oh. 1044..
2 Leoffiams, ob. 10 65'.
3 BaUivJnus, ob. 1097.
4 Rokn,Soao(Btt^hEar\oUhe(Ier
depos'd iioz.
5 Rokrt, Prior of Weftmtifier, ob.
I 107.
6 AlboUuf, ob. 1 1 1 9.
7 Anjelmus , Nephew of -^??/f/»»
ArchbUhop ot C4»/- was 1138. .choren Bi(hop of London^ but not received there, ob. 1 148.
8 Ordingns, ob. 1156.
9 Hugh^ Prior of Wejtmmftcr, ob.
1180,
10 Sampfon^ ob. iiii.
11 H«go, chofen Abbot 12 13. con- fecratedBi{hopof£/y 1x29. ob. 1254.
IX Richard, Abbot of Bur f on, ob.
13 Henry, ob. 1248.
14 Edmund de Walpool, Do£lor ia the Decretals, ob. 1256.
1 5 5/W(7», eledted, 1257.
x6 Joh>tde Norwold, ob. 130 r.
1 7 Thomas de Tottington, ob. 1 3 12,
1 8 Richard de Draugton, ob. 1337.
19 William de Bertiham, ob. 1 361.
20 Henry deHufiffattff on dicdbefote Confirmation:
21 Johames de Brinkele ob. 1 3 79.-
22 'johames TyMmouth,cte!Lted,y k.i, 35 WillielmHt dc Cratfeild, created
13 R. 2. 24 Williehms Exeter. 5^H.(5. 2 5 Willielmui Curteys, 7 H. 6.
26 Johames Boo», created Abbot 1457.
27 Riqhardiis Jriertfham 1475'.
28 Thomas Raclefden. 1478
29 Jo/;» i?ffi^f, alias Melford^thi lafl
Abbot oiBury created 5 //(?». 8.
By Covenant made between the above-mentioned John Norwood Abbot here on the one part, and the Prior and Convent of this Monaftery on the other, the Manners, Lands, and Revenues belonging to this Abby were divided and appropriated to the feveral Offices of theJHoufe, as fuch and fuch Lands and Revenues to the Abbot, fuch to the Celerariu/, for the difFraying of his Office, fuch to the Sacrijlan for the Charges in- cumbant on him, fuch to the Camerarius, fuch to the Almotter, fuch to the Pitanciarius, fuch to the Infirmarius, fuch to the HofiillariuSy and fuch to th^ Pracentor. But all Law-Suits concerning ai^^' the Lands or Eftate of the Abby the Abbot was to manage at his own proper Charges. Alfo the Abbot was to entertain all fecular Guefts as well Horfe-men as Foot- men, in cafe he was refident with his Family in Town, but the Convent was to entertain religious Perfons, and in cafe the Abbot be abfent, then the Convent to entertain alfo fecular perfons, if under thirteen Horfe. This agreement, between the Abbot and Convent was made in the year 1281. And exemplified by King Edward the I. in the fame year, being the 9//;. of his Reign.
The Names of the Sacrijtans o{ BV RT-
I Thurftan. ^ In the time of Abbot X Tolimus. S Baldivifi. 3 Godefridus-
4 5
6
Radulphns. Harueuf. Helias WidewelL
7 Frodo.
8 WillielmHsSchuch-
9 Willielmns War del.
10 Hugo.
. 1 1 Walterus de Banharrt. I z Willielmus de Dijce.
ic Rehertus
Vol. I, Benedictines. 51
13 Rohertus deGranelCt chofen Ab- 19 Richardus de Hominjhe,
bot ot t homey. 20 Richardus de Colecejhr.
14 Richardus de Itifulj, chofen Ab- 21 Simon de Kitiglion, lirft, Celarer^
bot o^ Burton, and atlaft Ab- and then Chamberlain,
bot here 1x93. ^^ Willidmus de Lnyton.
15- Domims de Nervport. 23 Richardus le Brun.
16 Georgius, firft Precentor, then ,
Sacriftan, than Prior here, re- Of the Buildings about the- Church
puted a Saint. and Abby, perlbrm'd , in the
1 7 }<!icholaus. times of the Sacriftans abovemen-
18 Simon de iMytorif chofen Prior, tion'd, fee the Book at large.
and then Abbot here 1157.
To theGellarer of thisHoufe (vvhofe Office was to make provifionfor 501 thediet of the whole Covent) did belong many Rights and Priviledges by ancient Cuftom. He kept the Court of the Lordlhip in the Town, from which he received divers annual Profits. His Officers were to be firfl fervedin the Market in buying provifions, if the Abbot were not in Town. Alfo the Cellerar and Abbots Officers were to have Herrings a half- penny in the hundred cheaper than any other people. ^Valued at 1659 /. 13 f. 11 ^. ob. fer An»um.~]
COVENTRY, in aaaCtUlcKOliW.
THIS Monaftery was built by Leofricus Earl of Chejier, and Godiva his Wife (a moft pious Lady) and plentifully endow'd with Lands and Revenues. The Church was fo richly adorn'd with Gold and Silver, and precious Stones, that the Walls feem'd too harrow to contain all the Treafure.
The Founder Earl Leofrick died in the year 1057. and was buried at Co' vent ry, as w:is alfo his Wite Gcdivi,\n the Church-Porch of their own Foun- dation, (n which Church was formerly kept an Arm of the Great St. Au- gtiftine, inclofed in Silver.
Rokrt de Limefey (w ho was made Bifhop o^CheHer.A. D. 1 088. and d ied 303. 1 1 1 6.}'jbtain'd oi King He«ry the I.The Monallery of Coventry a^nd confti- tuted it the Capital Cathedral of that Dioccfs. VVhofe Succelfor in that See, /l/w^/; Bifhop o^ Coventry, A. D. 1191. expell'd the Vlonks out of the Cathedral Church here, and placed in their room, fecular Canons. But in the year 1198, Hubert Archbilliop oi Copter lury, by order of Pope Ce- kjline, rcflored the Monks to the pofTefTion of their Church again.
It appears by Earl Leofricks Charter of Foundation that he built this Church and Monallery to the honour of God and St Mary his Mother, St. Pf/erthe Apoflle, St. Oshurga the Virgin, and all Saints. And gave to the Maintenance of the Monks here fcrving God, twenty four Vil- lages, with the Moiety of the Town o\ Coventry in which it fbnds, with all Liberties and Cufloms which he himfclt enjoy 'd in the faid Eftate, and that the Abbot of the faid Houfe (hould be lubje£l: to none but the King. All which grants King Edward the ConfcfTbr did confirm to Leof- ,q^ w/tf«f the firfl Abbot there and his Succcllors. Alfo Pope Alexander by '
his Bull direfted to the faid King Edward bearing date 1043. confirm'd all their Liberties and Exemptions, granting them full power to chofe their
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own Abbots or Desns, without any Lett or Hindrance fi-omthe Apoflo. lick Authority.
Leofivinus, the firfl Abbot oi' Ccveittrji, being created BiChop of Chefter, ordain'd with theConfentofthe Monks, that his Succeffors, Superiors of tj^at Monaftery Itiould be call'd Priors and not Abbots.
PEYKiRK, 7» Bojt^ampton(!)«c.
N the year 1048. one Wulgatns then Abbot of a Monaftery in this _^ Town, loft his Abby and the Lands thereunto belonging, to the kh- hot otPetedoroagfj, vvhoclaim'd the fame as parcel of his Eftate. And this was by Judgment given in the Court of King HarM Canute,
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S P A L D I N G, i» TlhlCOlnQjite, a Cell of Croylandj.Circ.
Nfio Dor». lOji. Thoroldus de Bukenhale Brother to G^^/ix^j Ccuntefs _ of Lekejier , having obtain'd fix Monks from IViilgate Abbot ofCroy- lund, began the Priory oiS^^ilding^ alTigning to it divers Lands, and an» next it as a Cell to Croylmd.
In the)eari074. Tuo Taylhojs Eir\ oi Anjou (.<4»^eg<3iw^) having mar- ried iL».'CM Great Grand- daughter of the lorefaid Godiva became Lord oT Spalding and all Holland; and gave the Cell of Spalding to a Monk of St. Nicholas of Anjou. He alfo confirm'd the Eftate which his Great Uncle Thorold had given to this Houfe, and procured the like Confirma-
307. lion Irom the 2 Williams and Hen. \ft Kings of England. In the year 1085. TuoTayllop^ by Licenfeol K;ng Pf^/Z/ww the Conqueror, gave this Cell to the Abby of St. Nicholas of Anjou, with the Lands and Eftate there- unto belonging. All which, with divers Liberties, was cocftrm'd to the
308. faid Abby of St. Nicholas by King H jlliam the I. William the 11. and Hetiry
309. the I. And alfo by King 7o/;«iQ the firft year of his Reign,
See more, Vol. z. p. 871.
[Valued at 767/. 8 s. 11 d. per Amum.']
BATTEL Al>l>j, in ^Uffe]C»
1
N the year 1067. King Wtlliam the Conqueror built this Abby in the
fame place where he fought^nd overcame Harold gad his Army, that
herein perpetual praife and thanks might he given to God fcr the Giid
Victory and Prayers made for the Souls ot thofe who were here ftain. It
wasdedicated toSt.Mjr/i«,and largely endow'd with Lands and Privilcdges.
In this Battle, it is faid, that above ten thoufand men loft their lives,
^ * on the conquering fide 5 but what number of the conquered may be gucft
withaftonifhment, •^ 14, ^'"S ^i^^'t'^^ defign'd to have endow'd this Abby with Lauds fufficient
"' for the conftant maintenance of fevcnfcore Monks, but death prevented.
However he granted to it, to be free from the Bilhops Jurifdidion, to have Sanftuary, to have Treafure troue, with many other Royal Liberties and ExemptionS;He tranflated from an Abby in Normandy called Major- Mon.ijh' ^;■«/»5feveral Monks,among whom one G^«j/fr/«^jWhoJie'appointed the firfl:
Abbot
V o Li I. Benedictines, 53
fihbot oCButtait. And gave to this Abbv the Mannor of IVi in Ke»t, 315-. with other Magnors In Sujfex, Surrey, Ejfex, Bark/hire, Oxfordfhire, and 317. Devonfhtre, with. tree Warren in all their Lands.
Yec King {^r/7/.'aw gave this caution or reflriftion to tlie Abbot, that he 318. fliould not waft the Alms belonging to this Abby upon his (ccular kindred or others.bur take care to bcftow them upon poor People and Travellerhj^c.
Kingf^////<iw/?«/«j, andKifig //^»rythcl. were alio Benefaftors to this Houfe.
rValuedat 880 /. 14^. 7 J. ob. q. ^er Annum. \
B-RECKNOCK, in mM^, a Cell to Baitel Alhy. 3 jp.
BEtnard ele Newmarch was a Noble I^orn7a»Jn the Reign of King f/e»ry the I. and was the firft Conqueror ot the Lands about Bnckmck tie gave to Battel Ahby his Church oi St. John the Evangelift in his Callie of ?2o. Brecknock. Roger Earl ot" Hereford Grandfon of the torelaid Ecrmrd 721. gavf.^ divers Lands and Tithes to the Monks in the Church of St. John oi Brecknock, together with divers Liberties and Exemptions. All which 7zz. was aitervvards contirm'd by Maihelde Hereford, znd William de Braiofe. Other beneladtors were Herlert titz Peter, John Fitz Reginald, &c. -irx.
[Valued at 1 12/. 14 j. z d. per Annsun.']
A R M E T H w A Y T, i« CambedflnD,
5x4.
KING ^^///mw the Conqueror founded here a Monaftery for black Nunsi and endow'd it with divers Lands, and fuch Priviledges as V. . i <- jiranted to the Church of Weflminfler. This he granted in pure and perpetual Alms as ireely 3tjsfjf)crtmapit tj^pnfto^pgfi mapitfp*
This Nunnery being feated fo' very near the rtorderiioi Scotland was fo imp')venlht by the Scots trequent Spoils and Inroads, that it was in a manner reduced to nothing, whereupon King Edward ihe IV. did in the ^^^ thirteenth year ot hb Reign, new grant, ratifie, and confirm their Lands and" Eftate unto the then Priorefs and Nuns here.
[Valued at 1 8 /. i8/. S d. per Anntem]
B E A UL E I U {Be/Iks Locus) in 'BcDfOjDfljite. a Cell of St. Albans.
TH E Church of St. Mary in this place, of old call'd Moddry^ was at fir(t a Hermitage and buih by a Hermite called 7?u</«^«j, It was afte; wards given by Ruhert de Alhe^eio, with the confent ot his Mother Seci ta^ to rne Aboy or Sx,Albans, and became a Cell of rha' Houfe. U Inch' -i^Q Robe t endow'd it with divers Lands, all which he gave to God, and St. Alban, and to the Monks ot Beauieiu, in Fee, to hold in free Alms.
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W A L L IN G F.O R. D, in 'BaCfefiblW, a Cell of Si. Albans.
THE Church here, dedicated to the holy Trinity, was made a Cell of St. Alhans^ in the time of faul Abbot there. King FJenry the VI. was a Benefactor to the Priory of WalUngforel. yid. Vol ^,p. ir.
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B E L V O I R or Beaver, in ImCOlnfljire, a Cell of St. Albans,
Ohertus de Toteneio Lord of the CaTlle of Belvo/r, gave the Church of St. Mary, adjoyningto his faid Caftle, to the Abby of Stt Allans to be a Cell of that Houfe, endowing it with divers Lands and Tithes 5 ap- pointing it for the Burial- pl|ce of himfelf and Wtfe, in cafe they died In 328. fiw^AaKi;/; and fuch it afterwards proved to be for hisdefcenden^s. 3 ^<^. The Lands hereunto given were confirm'd fLicceffively by the Heirs and
Progeny of the faid Roherty and laftly by Thomas Lord Bos, in the Z.Hen.6.
£Valued at 104/. 19 ^ 10 </, per Jnmimi]
130. H A T F E 1 L D-P E V E R E L L,>, l^ettfOjD0[j(re, a Cell of St. Albans
William, Teverell gave the Church of St. Mary at Hatfeild with his own Manfion-Houfe there, for a Habitation of Monks, and en- dow'd the fame with Lands ; all which was afterwards annext to St. /4/- ^dfw, and became a Cell of that Houfe.
[Valued at 60 /. 14^. ii^. oh. per Annurf},~\
H E R T F O R D, ^ 6// of St. Albans.
R
I Addfus de Limefey, having ereded a Church at Hertford .,\\s. gave the ,^ .^ fame lor a Cell to the Abby of St. y^/^a^^y, and witli it divers stands in "?d'r//W an3 elfewhere. The Abbot of St. ^/^^wi obliging himfelf to fend thither fix Monk* of his Houfe toXerve God at fjertford, and in ca(e the Revenue (hould be augmented then 10 fend a greater number.
H<idwtfia^ WiieQfth^ fnid Radatfus:, Aim de Limefeji their Son, Gerard -^ ' his Son, and John de Limefey his Son, were all Bcnefaftors to this Church ot St. Miry s zt Hertford, and to the Monks of St. Allans lerving God herein.
[Valued at 72 /. 14 j. 2 d. oh. per Anmm.~\
TINEMOUTH, in ^OJtl^UmbalanD, a Cell, of St. Albans. .
3^4' 13 ^^^''^ ^^ Mulhray a Norman of noble extraftion, to whom Ring Wil- XV li^^ the Conqueror gave the Earldom of Northumhrlund, endow'd the Church of Sr. Miiry, adjoyning to his Caftle of 7//7f»7o«?/&, and in which the Bodyof St.O/w/« King and Martyr refted, with fair Revenues,
335-. and gave it for a Cell to the Monks of St. Allans. David King of Scotland
was
yoL. I. Benedictines. 55
was a Benefaftor to this Houfe ; Co were King Hemy the I. of Engimd, King Henrj the II. and King ^o/;;/, who granted to God and the Church ut St. Ofwin in Tinmouth, arid th^ Monks ot Si. Allans ^ev^mg God hcie, many Lands, and great Liberties, which Liberties tho' rciz'4 by King Edw-ird I'^S. the III. yet were by him in the iecond year of his R.eign regranted to them in as large a manner as ever, out oFthe fpecial Devotion which hs bure 10 the two glorious Martyrs ^t.Alban and St. Ojivin
■[Valued at 35)7/. lO.;. ^ d. oh. fer ^Annum.']
WYMUNDHAM, i» BojfOlfe, a Cell of St. Albans. o , 7,
AUno Dcm. 1139- William de Allaneio Butler to King Henrj the I. built the Church of St. iVfj/'y and Priory of Monks, at this Town, endow'd the fame with Revenues, and annext it as a Cell to St. aHhms; yet fo as they might chcofe a Prior among themfelves and ^refent liun ro theirFounder, whom he was not to rciufe without good Gaufe . Am; t!ie i-,.S Monks here paid oidy a Markof Silver yearly (o the Abbot «f Sr. ^!lf,ns ^ as an acknowledgment ot fubjcdion.
King /jetiry the I. confirm'd the Eftate given [to this Haufe u ith the grant c; many great Libelrties.. The like did alio ffV/Z/'^iw Earl ol-Sw/T^-x, ^_ Grandfonof the torefaid IVil/iam the Founder. ^'^'
Afterwards in the zyih. of King /j^e^ry the VL Iry Authority of Pope Nicholas theV, and at the Petition of Sir ^w^mvOgW Kt. then Patron "^ ofthis Monallery, it was difchajged from any dependency on the Abby of 341. St. Allans, and from paying the Mark/^r Annum, and made an Abby of it feJi, and Steven London ihen Prior, the firft Abbot. All which was allow'd and confirm'd by theHaid King Henry the VI. u;h.>at the' fame 3"^^' time pardon'd all penalties incurr'd by the Parties concern'd in procuring the Popes Bull/ by reafon of the Statute of Provifen^ or any other Statute.
[Valued at 2 1 r /. j6s. 6d. q. per J?i»im.']
B I N H A M» in BojfOlfe, « Cell of St. Albans. 345.
PEter di Faloniis and Alhreda his Wife gave the Church of St. Mdry at Binhatn to the Abby of St. Allans, but to be fubjefl: only in luch manqer as St. Pancrace at Lewis \i iubjed: to St^ Peter otclngni, paying yearly to thcChurchor Sr. Allan a .Vlark of Silver and no more. Roger dc Faloniis confirm'd to God, and St. /J/jry, and the Monks of St. Allans kv- ving God at Binham, all the Lands which his Fathei: /V/^f/- had givciT 54^, them, and gave 10 them be fides feveral other Lands and liihcs. The 34^. like was done by others of that Family, and John Bifliop ot AV- ^46. wich.
5f. M A R Y dc P R A T O, near St. Albans. • 547
THIS waa a fmall Nunnery given, with certain Lands, by Garinus Abbot oi St. Allans, for the maintenance of Leprous Nuns, Con- firm'd by King John, in the fifth year ot" his Reign.
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SOPEWELL, i» ipiUfHt'Wte, a Cell of St. Albans.
A Bout tbe year* 1 140. two religious Woirien led a folitary life in a fmall Habitation made of Boughs ofTreeSjnear a Wood called Eiivodat who being taken notice of for their auilerlties and pious Lives^lGaufriJus the fixteenth Abbot of St.Jli>a»s, built there for 'them a Cell, gave them the Vail of Nuns, and conftituted their way of living according to the - Rule of St. SfW/V/. He alfo endow'd the floufe with PoiTeflions and Rents, and affigned them a Gccmitery, in which none were to be Buried ibut the Virgins of the Houfe, whofe number was not to " exceed thirteen. . •
He»r/ de,Alha«eio &T\d Cecilia his Wife, and ievcral of their Delcen- 34°- dants, were great Benefaftors to this Cell of "St. Mary oi Sopeivell; and Co
was Richard de Tany. 349, i^/ic/;df/Abbotof St. /^/^4»j, made andpubli(ht here in his Vifitation,
Ar.m Dom. 1358. certain good Rules and Orders to be obferved by the Nuns of this Houfe : among others, tliat the Door that goes into the Garden, and that of the Parlour, Ihould notbeopen'd till thqEcU founds to the ninth hour, and that all the year rhej ftiould be Ihut up at night when the Abby-Bell founds the Coverfeu, &c.
(^Valued at 40 /. 7 j. 10 d. perAnnum^
350.
351.
M E R G A T E, in 015cDfO?DQ)itC, a Cell cf St. Albans.
I
'N the time of Gaufridus Abbot of St. Allans, one Roger a-. Monk, of J_ that Abby, became a Hermite in a Hernnuage between St. Album and Dunjiable, where he lived in a moftauftere manner, with the reputation of great Sandity ; at the fame time Chriflina a Virgin renouncing the World became an Anchorefs at the fame place, yet the faid Roger never g.^^ faw her face, iho' they lived together four years. Roger dvtd and was ^' ' buriefi in the Abby-Church of St. .^/i5^»j j but Chriflina furviving, be- came of fo great note tor her San^lity, that the abovefaid Gaufridus, built ♦ here from the Foundation a Monaftery for Nuns, and endow'd the
fame with Revenues, of which Houfe Chriftim became.the firft Priorefs, Fid. Vol. %. f.%1%, ,
• 5/. N I G H O L A S, Triory, at (£)CetCt, a Cell e/ Battel Abby.
THIS Chvireh formerly dedicated to St, Olive King and Martyrj was by King William Rufus given to the Monks oi Battel- Ahhy, for a Cell ; and by them new dedicated to St. Nicholas. King William Rufus, King Henry the I. and King jfo/'«,conferr'd many Lands and Liberties upcn this Houfe.
£VaIded at 147/. 12 si pr Annum.']
MAL'
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97
MALLINGE, irt^tnt^
KI N G Edmund gayp certain Lands in Mallinges to the Monaftery of St. Andrew the Apoftle, which afterwards was by Cmdutfus Bilhop ^^a, ot Hochejler, converted to an Abby of Nuns here, dedicated to St. Mat/ ^ ' /' to which King f/cwry the I. and King John^- and Anfelme Archbifliop of Canterbury^ were alio Benefadors.
.[ValucdatziS/. 4^. xd. ob. fer Annum,'] '
TUT BURY, in ^taffiJjWtC 354.
HEnry de Ferariis buikthe Church and Monaflery, to. the honour of the blefled Virgin, at his Caftle of 7«///<r;,which by theGrant and Li- cenieof King William Rufus^ he endow'd with divers Lands and Tithes. 'E.^rl Robert de Ferariis the younger, Grandfon of the Founder, was a great Benefaftor, and fo were many others whofe names, with the parcells by them given, may befeen in the Monajlicomt large. 35<.
JohnD\x\ie. of Lancajler, being Lord of the Honour and Caftle of Ta/^ary, granted his Letters Pattents to the King of the Minftalls in Tutbiwy^ im- povvring him and his SuccelTors, to arrefl. all Minflralls within the faid Honour and Franchife who retufe to do thtir fervice of mihftrallie on tile Feaf^ of the aflumption of our Lady \ early, and conftrain them to it, according to Cuftom. Dated in the 4 Rich. 2.
There is alfo another Cuftom of the Place, that the Stage-players who come to Matins on the Feaft of the Affumption, (hould have from the Prior of Tutlury a Bull in cafe they can catch himbetore he gets over the River there, or elfe the Prior is to give them 40 d. in mony. Vid. Vol. 2. />. 873-
EYE, in @UffOl|;«
3^6.
Robert MaUtf to whom Km^William the Conqueror had given the honour of Eye, with the aflent gf that King, buUt a.-Monaft.ery there, anci lO it gave the Church dedicated to St. Peter, in Eye, with a great quanity o{ Lands and Churches, with Liberties and Franchifes, to hold as freely as King William gave them to him. In the year 1 1 3 8. King Steven 3 5-7. confirm'd to the Monks liere, all their Lands and Liberties, with a for- mal Curfe to the Violators. The like Confirmation Irom Williani Earl of fic/wg« that King's cldcif Son. This Houfc was a Cell to the Abby 3 5 2, o( Bernay in Normandy, fo that neither the Prior nor any Monk could be placed hve v\ ithout the adentof .the Abbot of Bernay 5 neither upon the death of the Prior here, could the Founder, or his Heirs or Succeflbrs, Pa- trons of this Priory, meddle with, or receive any profit from the Goods and Pofltdions of this Houfe during the vacancy ; but only, in fign of Dominion, he ufed to place a Porter at the Gate of the Priory, whrf du- ring the Vacation was maintain'doutot the Revenues of the Houfe, and at the Inftalment of the next Prior ufed to receive for his Fee the Sum of 5 s. for an Ox,
58 B*E N E "D I C T I N E S. V O I,. I.
-^ ^-p. In the Sth. year of King Richardxht II. the Ellate of this Priory being
then feiz'd into the Ring's hands becaufe of his Wars with France, the Prior and Covent complain'd that they were extreamly impoverifhed by Foreign- Exadtions, fo that the Revenues of this Houfe could hardiy maintain the Prior and three or four Monks; thatKing therefore by his Letters Patents, at their Petition and Requeft, difcbarged them for ever of their Foreign Subjedion to the Abby oiBemay, and made them a Prior and Covcnc of themlelves independent, hke other Evglifl} Priories.
[Valued at i6i /. 2^ l<^■^.■ fer Ammm7\ .
' H E L E N S T O W, /•» ^ll\%\lZ.
'Vdith CoumeCs of HunfifigtoM^ Wife of Earl Wjiltheof, built a Church
and Monaftery here for Nuns; and dedicated it to the holy Xrinity,
360. bt.Mary, 2ind St. Helen. She and others endow'd it with divers Lands 5
all which were after wards confirm'd tothe Nuns here by Ring Henry the.
II. together with large Priviledges and Exemptions.
J
P E N W O R T H A M, i« )Lanca(l)irC, a Cell of EveQiam.
W
'Arinus Bujfell, and Richard Bufell his Son, gave the Church at
PeHwortham, and with it divers Lands, to the Abby o{ Eve/ham^
for a Cell of that Abby. All which was confirm'd to God, and St. Marjf,
and to the Monks ferving God in Penzercham,' by Hugh Buiffell, Grandfon
of the forefaid fVarims, in pure and perpetual Alms. This Was in the
3"'' Reign of King PF/Z/ww the Conqueror,
' [Valued at 2?/. iSs.jd. ferAnnHmi]
m L B U R N, i« igipiDtrtCtejC, a Cell o/Weftm.
IN the Reign of King Henry the I. Herelertus Abbot of JVeftminffery Ofhert de Clara, Prior, and the whole Convent of Weflminfter, gave a Hermitage at Kilhurn to three Maids Emma, Gmilda, and Chriflina^ for a Nunnery 5 and endow'd the fame with Lands and Rents. Gjllert Biihop 3<>2,. of London ^ive the Jurifdiftion of this Cell o{ Ktlhrn to the faid Abbot and his Succeffors, exempting it from the Jurifdiftion of the Bifhop of L<?»//<9» tor ever. But new Contefis arifmg about this Houfe between the Bifhop of London and Abbot of Weflminfter, they came to an Agree- ment in the year 1131. That the Bifhop might vifit the Nunnery to preach to them, and to hear their Confeffions, but without exadl'ing any Procurations ; and that the Government of the Houfe placing.and dilplacing ^^' the Abbefs and Nuns, ftiould belong to the Abbot, as a Cell of his Houfe, ^c.
[Valued at 74 /• j s, iid- per A^num."^
HUR-
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H U K L E Y, i« OSatKlljiCC, a Cell of Weftminfter.
GOdefrielus de^MagMavilUgive to God, and St.Peter.znd to.the Church oi'lfejimiHfler^and St.- Mary oi Hurk)\ the Town of //^r/f/, with ,5^ divers other Linds and Tithes, for the Maintenance of a Convent of Monks to {^ve God in the faid Church for ever. All which wasconfirm'd to the Priors and Monks of Hurley by ffy/Z/^zw^Pjifbop of London. In .the ^ 5^. year 1158. Godefriduf Piior o\i Hurley and his Covent made an exchange, \\ itli Ahjolon khboioiWalden, offome of their Revenues. . [Valued at 1 2 1 /. 18;. ^ d. fer Avniinhl
>M A L V E R N E, in £2l0JCCllCCl|jiW, a Cell of Wedminfter.
IN the eighteenth year of William the Conqueror, one Ahlmne a Her- rp.it and his Brethren began the Monaftery here. King William the Conqueror and others gave Lands and Kevenues to ^66. thisHoufe, but more efpecially King/Zifwry the firtl who by his Charter ^6y- dated in the year 1117. granted and confirm'd to them many Lands arltj great Liberties and Immunities. VidVol. z.p. 876.
[Valued at 98 /. 10 s. cf d. ob. per Annum J]
A U C O T, in WitiWiiW-tZi a Cell of Malverne-magna.
William Bur det gave all his Land in Aucot. to God and St. Mary of Mdverne and to the Monks there, in the year 1 1 5'(i. * From a- mon^ which Monks .he t\'as to liave, by agreement betu ixt him and Roger^ Prior of that Houfe, a certain number for the Inilitution of a Monaftcry here. The Prior of which Houfe was to be conftituted by the Prior oi' Maherne, by and with the advice of the Abbot of Weftmin- fter.
[Valued at 28 /. 6 s. id. ftr Annum ^
S U D B.U R Y, in ^Uffolfe 1 Cell e/^Weftminfter.
ING EdivardthcUl. in the thirty filth year pf his Reign, granted __ liisLicenle to Richard R^ke o\ Wejlminfler, to fettle certairr Land in ^^ Huahury and Holgate upon the Abbot and Convent of Wejlminjler, or the r«liet ot tlieir poor Cell of St. Bartholomew near Sttdhury.
K
^ 5^ N E o T s, in l^untingtonQjice*
O Aint Neot was Son of Ring Adulphtts ,and Brother of King Altir^d, who O founded the Univerfry o( Oxford. He was a Monk at Neoiejioke, in Cormvill^ and from thence his Body was tranflatcd to Anulpheshary, in Huntingtonfhire., where Earl ^^/'/^ converted his Pa)n"cc into a Monaftery of black iMonks. Which being afterwards fpoild and burnt down by the
Danes,
40 Benedictines. Vol.1.
j6^. Daties^ was in the Reign of King /;/f«ry the '. An Dom. 1 113. re-edified by Rohefia Wiie of Richard Son ot Earl Gifltbert ; about which time it was given as a Cell to the Abby of Bee in Normandy. The forefaid Lady and divers others gave Lands and Revenues to the Monks of Dec fjrvin<y God at St. Neots. It appears by the Bull of Pope Celefline, diredfed to .the BiChop of Lincoln, that the Prior and Convent ot St; Ncots, lieing their Houfe was fituared on a famous and great Road, did ufe to keftow meat
?70- and drink on all Traveller^ who deOred it, and to this ony ufe thty did appropriate certain Rents and Fenfions which they received yearly from the Churches ot Eyneshury and Tofney.
In the Reigns oi Henry the IV. and Henr^ the V. This Monaftery was difcliarg'd ol its Foreign Subjeftion to the Abby of Bee, and made an Efjglijh i^riory. Fid. Fol.z. p. 8y6,
[Valued at 241 /. ir s. 4 d. q. per AnnumP^
371
S E L B Y, ih t^OjHOjiW-
K
I N G William the Conqueror founded the Abby here for Benedictine
^ ^ Monks, in honour of our Lord Jefns Chriji, and his blelTed Mother
tne Virgin Mary, and St. Germain the Bilhop. Which King, and fc-
veral other perfons, did *endow it with large PoflelTions, in particular
Guido de Raifjcourt ^zvG to this Church of St. Germain in Selhy his Town
ot Stamjord in Northamptvnjhire. Thomas Archbifbop of Tork, Gilbert
37^- Tifn chid Standzr d-be:\n'Y oi England, Gattlerannus Earl oi Mellent^ Henry
373- de I acy Ear\ of Lincoln znd Coniiab\e ot Chtfier, ^c. gave other Lands
2 ai;d jjreat Liberties. Ail which Ring Richard the L in the firft year of
''" his ReigB, confirm'd to the Monks here. Alfo King fi^w^r^ the IIL did
in the fecotidyear of hi.s Reign, confirm to th^m all their Liberties and
Exemptions, whtreupon in the twenty fecond of that King, they, were
375' excufed from paying to the King, in any of their Lands purchafed before
the abovelaid (econd year, any aid for knighting his el deft Son, d^c.
[Vauedat 729 /. i^t- tod. q. perA^tium.]
S H R E W S B U R Y, ^« ^^JOpHliW.
I^J the year 1085" Roger Earl of Montgomery built here a ftionaftery in honour of bt. teier. To this H' rile iie gave great PofletTions, and aucr his Example pth^r Barons and Kmyh^s of that County did the like. S77- After the death of the faid Roger. Hugh his Son and Heir gav^ other Lands and great Liberties and Immunuks, with a heavy Curfe to the g Vioiafers. The like did King Hnry the I. and K'.ng Steven, confirming ^' ' their laid Liberties in fo large a manner that nothing could be added to o them. Other principal Benefaftors were Matilda de liungefpe Daughter and ^g y^nf o^ Walter de Clifford, Wakhelinus M'tminot, Williel'/ius Peveijfll, and ^0 ' ' Richard Fift- Allen Earl of Armdel,<kc. All vvhofe Guiflts and Benefafti- -* * on were confirm'd to the Aabot and vionks of this Houfe by King Henry the III. in the eleventh year of his Rtign.
[.V.aluedat 132/. 4x, loJ. per Annum.']
St.
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St. MAR Y's, at f^OJfc
385.
3?5'
TH E Hiftory of the Foundation of this Abby was writ by Stephtn who had been Abbot of Wbithy, and was st^^erthat made the firft Abbot of this Houfe. In which the mofl cbf.rv»ble matters are as follows,
Alan Son of Eiido Earl of Brittaitt, having built a Church adjoyning to the City of Tork in honour of St Olave, qave it to the {(^refaid Stephen and his Companions, with tour Acres ol Land, thereon to creft a Monaflery. This was about the year 1088. in the Reign of Ri 'g;>r'//ww the Conque- ror. Who dying, his Son and Succedhr King iVi/IiamEuftt.<, gave them Land whereon to build a larger Church, and gave to the viondliery, divers Lands, Liberties, and Exemptions. Alfo Earl Ala» their firfl; Founder gave them the adjoy nig Suburbs lying without the City of Tork, to hold freely forever. And gave the Advowfon of this Abby to the King, that fo he might be the Defendor and Patron of it for the future, //jow^j Archbifhop of r*?/-/^ claim'd the four Acres of Land on which this Abby was built asbclongiagto him, and was a continual vexation to the Monks, till King William Rufus gave him the Church of St. i'/fww's in Tork, in exchange and full fatisfadtion.
When King PTi/Ziaw /?«/«j, feeing the Old Church to be too ftrait, laid o^ the Foundation of a new one, he changed the name of St. Olaz e, and gave ^ it the name of St^Mary.
King Henry the II. granted to this Abby very great Liberties and o Franchifes, the fame as are enjoy'd by St. Peters ot" Tork, and St. John of ^ '^' Beverley. And ccjnfirmed to them all their Lands and Revenues given them by their fevcral Benefaftors amounting to a very great number, fome of the principal of whom were King [iVilliam the \. and U. King -go. Henry the I. Alan Ezrl of Britaign^ 0</(7 Earl oi Campania, Berengerius de \^ ToJenei, WilUelmus Peverel, Petrus de Ros, Rohertus de Brus, Ivo Tallehois, fValterus deDaiHcourt, 3LndConanEa.rl oiBritaigne, 8>cc. '
In the year i J+3. iVilliam Archbifliop of Tork in his Vifitatidn, que- '
ftioningby what flight and Title the Abbot and Covent here, did claim 392. and receive the Tithes, Portions, and Penfions, from feveral places there mention'd (amountingto a very great number^) they produced the Bulls of feveral Popes, and Grants of his Predcceflbrs, Archbiihops of Tork^ '
whercuponthey wcrebythe faid Archbiflaop allow'd, and their Title de- clared good and (ufficient.
A Lift of fortie of the A B B O T S of St. Marfs at Tork. g^^,
io8S StepbanusWittebienJiS. 1x39 WilUelmus Rondele.
II IX Richardus. 12,44 Thomas de Warterhill.
1131 Godfridus. 1258 Simon de Warwick.
• II3X SauaricHS. 1196 Benedidus de Malton.
11(^1 Clemens. 1303 Johannes de G illy ngs,
1 1 84 Robert ui de Barpham. 1 3 1 3 Alanus de Ne/Je.
1189 Robertusde LoHgo-Canftpo.
Fid. Vol. 3. p. 9. [Valued at 15^0/. 7 j. od, q. fer Annum']
O Si.
42
39:
397
40O
Benedictines. Vol.1.
5^ B E E S, or St. Beges, h Cumbetlatlt, ^ Cell of St. Mary's, at ^ojK-
SAint Bega was availed Nun, born in Irela»d, Hie built a fmall Mona- ftery in CaHplmd in the furthermort parts ot Englavd, not far from Carlile This Monaftery, together with feveral I^nds and Tithes, was. ■ atterwards m the Reign of Ring Hinry the I. given to the Abby of St. Mary's at Tork, by Wjlliam Mefchwes, Son of Rafiulpb, Lord of CaupUnd, for a Ceil to that Abby i which was to fend hither a Prior, and at leaft fix Monks to be conftantly here refideot. To this Houfe, alio WilliarA ^ Forz Earl of Alkmarl was a Benefaftor.
[Valued at 145 ^ i?^'- ^^' P^- per Jmnm.']
WETHER-HAL, i» CumbCtlanD •■> a Cell to St. Mary'j at J^^jR.
AT the time of the Foundation of Sx. Mary's at Tork, Raddph Mefchhei Earl ot CumherUhd, gave the Cell of St. Conflantitj'e at Wedderhal, to the faid Abby ot St Mary's ; which guift was confirm'd by King miUatn the Conqueror m the laft year of his Reign : (Or rather by King William 398- ./{«/«jinthefir{lofhis.) , ,. . ,
Benefa£tors to this Houfe were David King or Scotland and Earl o{ Huntington^ and his Son /;/(f»ry Prince of Scotland^ with divers o-
^°°* thers. • •
Adehvald, (ox AthelvoulpK who was the firft) Bifhop of Car file, con- firm'd to tfie Monks of St. Marfs at Tork the Churches, and Tithes to them given, in hisDiocefs. Providing however that the faid Monks ihall allot a fufficient proportion out of the fame for the Priefls in the feveral Churches, and that they fliould alfo pay the Synodals.
Kxry^, William the Conqueror, upon his Conquefi of this Kingdom, gave to Ralph de Mefchines the County" of Cumherland, to his Brother Hugh de Mefchinis,i~he County of Che/ler, and to a third Brother William de MeJ- chi-'cs (who founded this Houfe zxWetherhal) all the Land of Cpplavd, lying between Duden and Darwent. Which Great men (bon after fub- divided, and parcell'd out their refpedlive Territories fo given, to cer- tain B^.rons and Knights their Dependents, vi:i. Ralph de Mejchines enfeofft Hubert! de faux of the Barony of Gillejla»d,8i.c. Ifilliam de Mefchines Lord of Copland tn^to^t Waldems Son of Cofpatrick of all his Land between Cocarznd^Dervoent^&Lc. Thefe chief Lords referving f rora their Feoffees certain fervices, in like manner as they themfelves held their Eflates by fome fervices of the King. (Yet were Lands often granted to the Monafteries, to hold free from all fervices whatfoever, except the Divine Service of Prayersfor their Founders, ^c.)
And note. That after this manner were Lands and Lilerties firfl derived from the Crown, and Tenures rat fed in relation to them-, fince the Norman Conqnefi.
[Valued at 117/. 11/ . 10 d. oh. q^ per Annum.
St.
Vol. f. Benedictines. 45
StM ART I NSs at ISec^mUtlU, a CeUte ^. Mary V at |ao?ft.
40 r.
WTmar, Sewer to the Earl of Rkfmand, gave the Chappel of Sr. Martins at Richmund, and with feveral Lands, to God and the blelled Mary at Tork,
Roaldui Grandfon of Alan Conftable of Richmund, and divers others were Benefaftors, anc^ gave Lands and Tithes to God, the Church of St. Mary at Tork, and Priory of St. Martins near Richmund^ and to the Monks there.
In the year 1146. Pope Eugemus the Ilf. confirmed the Cell of St. Martins.
Peter Capelh Redor of the Church of Richmund granted a Pcnfion of 402. ^l. per Annum to the Monks of -St. /J/./r/s at Tork^ and lo/. of Wax to then Cell of St. Martins of Richmund^ yearly.
The feveral Rents and Revenues of this Houfe ; where, and from whom they arife, may be feen ia the Book at large, p. 402, 403. [Valued at 43/. 16 s. 8 d. ftr Annum.']
ROMBURGH, in CambJlDSCCbiCe, a CeU to St. Mary 'j at ^Q%^ ^ q^.
A Din ("otherwife-, as I fuppofe, called Steven) Eirlof Britanj/ and Rich- mond, gave the Cell o'lRemhurgh to God, "St. Mary, and tlie Monks of the Aohy at Tork 5 which Gilt was confirm'd to them by Everard Bi- Ihop of Uorwich, and that the Abbot and Convent of St. Marys at Tork^ might place and difplacethe Prior and Monks at their pleafure. The like Canfirmations were granted. by Theobald Archbifliop oiCanterhury, and Gaufridus Bifliop of Ely.
S A N T O F T <7»^ H E N E S, /» H^inCOlnfljiCC, Cells of St. Mary 5
at I^Ojfe
ROger Movlray gave the Ifle called Santoft, and large Poffeffions with it, aq^- tor.a Cell to the Church of St. Mark's at Tork, and to the Monks there. And William Earl oiWaren gave Henes to the faid Church. ,
HEREFORD Priory, a Cell of St. Peter'j at dplOUCefteC
IN the year i loi. Hugo de Lacy gave the Church of St. Peters at Ffere^ ford, which his Father ff<j/^(?r had built trom the Foundation, to the Monks oi'St Peters it Gloucejier., with all the Eft ate belonging to it, given by his (aid Father Walter de Lacy, and Confirm'd by King William the Conqueror.
In the Reign of King Edward the 11. great Cpntefls arifing in this Hou'e between William de Irhy who claim'd to be Prior under tUe Kings Patronage, and Thomas de Burghull who claim'd under another Title ; the Ef>at^ of the Priory was (o waftegi and impoverifiit betwixt them that thtre did not remain fufficient to difchargethe Works of Piety, for which It was atfirft built, and the Houfe running to utter ruin ; that King thcre-
G z fore,
44 B E N E D.I C T I N E S. VoL. I.
fore, to prevent its final deftruction, in the fifteenth year of his Reign, direfted his Writ to the Siioriff of //ere/J?/'^ commanding him to feizethe faid Priory with all its PoffefTions as well moveable as immoveable into his hand, and themfafely tokeep untilfurther Order.
407. NORWICH, in BojfOlfe
TH E Church of the holy Trinity in Norwich was founded* in the Reign of King William Ruftis, An- Dom. 1096. by Herlert Lofetigey who had been Prior of Fifchatnpe in Normandy^ then Abbot of Ramjty^ and then Birtiop of the Eafl- Angles, oi which Diocefs he fixt the Seat at Norwich, and built this Church for his Cathedral j erefting on the North- fide of it his own Palace, and on the South-Mt a Monaftery for Monks.
408. Certain Limits were appointed about this Church and Monaftery, within which, Bifhop //(fr^^r/ obtained great Priviledgcs and Franchife tromibQth Regal and Papal Authority. Notwithftanuing vvhich, great Contefls arofe between the Citizens and the Monks about their Liberties, which con- tinued for many years, and were never perfectly compos'd till the fixth
409. year of Kvngjohn. The faid Bifhop Herbert endow'd this Monaftery, 4iQ^ fo founded by him, with large Revenues, as appears by his Deed djfted 411. An.Dom.ixoi. King ^f wry the I. confirm'd his Gift, and alfo gave them 412,. other Lands in the fame year. King Henry the IL alfo made a lajjgc
Confirmation, of all their Lands and Liberties, Fid. infra p* 1003. and Vol. ^-f-^.
413- E W Y A S Priory, in l^eCefOjOCbWC,
TH 1 S Priory was founded and endow'd by Harald Lord of Exyas^ An. Dom. I'lQo. whofe Gift was afterwards confirm'd by Robert his Son, who alfo gave other Lands 5 all which was alfo confirm'd by Theobald Archb'i{hoT^ of Canterlury, and Jobn Biihop of Sals bury.
M I D L E S B U R G, in |^OjKCbwe, a Cell to Whitby.
Robert de Bras and Agnes his Wife, and Adam de Brus their Son gave the Church of St. hylda in Midlesburg, and with it divers Lands, in perpetual Alnip to the Monks of St.Feter and St. Hilda at Whitby^ for a CeUof that Houfe, and that certain of thofe Monks might live and re- fide here for God's fervtce in the Church of Midlesburg. William Malehifs was alfo a Benefaftor to the Church of Si. Hylda ai Midlesburg anid the Monks there.
MAKENES,
VpL. I. Benedictines.
R AD 1 N G F E I L- D, /« Stttffiolfe.
TH 1 S waia Priory of Nuns founded to the honour of God and St. Andrew, by Ma».ips Earl ni'6if»ertjis,and Emmehxs Wifes Daugh- ter and Heir otTKiZ/w/w^e Arras, and.endow'd by them with tlie Man- ner of RaJ/ngfeiU,Si.c. late held by the faid Wjlliant de Arras ; their Deed bears date iizo.
[Valued at 67 /. o i. \d. ob. per 4'fmm7\
H
READING, in IdWtWXZ
ERE was formerly a Monaftery of Nuns. But that having been for many years dellroyed. King flenry the I. An. Dom. iix6.
built
45
H A K E N E S, w f^ojKtDl'te* 4,4.
IN tUc Reign of King Williarrt Rufus, the Monaftery of Whithy being much infelted not only by robbers from the W oods on the Land, but alio by Pirates from the Sea, who carried from themalmoft 'all they hUd, Serlo de Percy then Prior ot that Houfe, and his Monks, applied them- (tlws to l'ViUiaf» de Percy, Brother of Serlo, and delired of him a place of Refuge ntHakenes j who readily graned them the Church of St. Mary in that Town, which had been built by St. /Ji'da the Abbefs, with Li- cenfe toerefta Monaftery there, and m it to rejiain till 'hey could re- turn in peace to fi^hitby ; which accorduigly they did, and remain'd here for fome time.
HORSHAM, /•» iliojfOlli
R'^Lert Fitz Walter and Sibill his Wife, returning through France from Rome, where they had been in Pilgrimage, were fet upon by Iht'ives, robb'd, and kept in Prifon. till by their Prayers to Almighty God, and to the holy Virgin St. Faith, they were miraculoufly deliver'd out of their Confinement. After whicli they vifited in Devotion the Shrine of St. Faith at the Abby pf Couches in France, where for the fpace ortwelve days they remaia'd, being kindly entertain'd by the Abbot and 4'5'« Convent there. Vowing at their return into England to their own Mgp- nor. to built there a Monaftery in the Worlhip of God and St. Faith. Which accordingly they did j endowing" the (ame with Lands, and plac'mg therein two Monks of the Abbyot Couches, to which Abby they anriLxt this Houfe as a Cell. Their Deed of Foundation and Endowment, wasmadeinthe time of /!/(f«r;theL and Her/^rr Bifhop of Norwich, who died 19. H. I.
Vope Alexander, by his Bull-dated in the year ii6}. confirra'd to the Monks here all their Lands and Liberties. 4^°°
In the 14. Rich. z. this J'riory was difcharged of its Foreign Sub. jeftion to the Abby of Couches, and made an Englijh Priory of it fclf, [jValued at 1 62 /. 165. 11 d. ob. fer Annum.']
417.
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Benedictines. Vol.!.
builr here a mofl: noble Abby for Monks, and dedicated it in honour of the Virgin Mary and Sz.John Baptift^ and endow'd it with gi:ec,t Poflef-
418. fionsand Franchifes as may be feen in bis Charter dated nz5. all which was confirm'd by Kiag Hen. x. • • .
419. Hugh Pibhot oi Readingznd hisCoX'cnt, reciting by their Deed, thix. King Henq the I. had ere<n:ed that Abby tor the maintenance of Monks there devoutely and rehgioufly ferving God, for the receit of vStrangers and Travellers, but chiefly Chrift's poor People, they therefore did e- red an Hofpital without the Gate of the Abby there, to maintain twenty fix poor People 5 and to the maintenance of Strangers palling that way they gave the profits ox their Mill at Leomiuftre. AUo Aucherm Abbot o^ Reading, built near this Abby a Houfe for Lepers, which was call'd St. Mary Magdakns, alloting for their fuflenance fufficient of all things, as well
420. ^°^ ^i&U as other matters. If any Brother of this Houfe were guilty of ^ ' Adultery, or of Itriking his Brother in Pride, Anger, or Hatted, he was
to be expell'd the Houfe ; none were to go abroad without a Companion ; what Charity happens to be given to any one, to be common to all ^ thefe and feveral others were the Rules obferved in the Lepers Houfe of .St. Mary Magdalen.
[Valued at 1958 /. 14/. 3 J. ob. q. fer Annum:]
LEOMINSTER, in ^VCZmWgXCZ, a Cell to Reading.
HERE was formerly a Nunnery built by Menvald one of the Kings of Mercid ; but that having been long deftroy'd by ihitDana, King fif«rythel. when he built the Abby of Readings gave them alfo Leo- tninjier, with all the Eftate belonging to it, and thole Monks made it a Cell of their Abby. It was confirm'd to them by Richard and Hu^h Bi- iho^ of Hereford.
R I N D E L G R. O S, i» ^COtldttD, a Cell to Reading.
421, 'jr^AvidK.ingoi'ScotlMd gave this Town to the Abbot aod Coventof _L/ Reading, to haveand enjoy as freely andquietyas any Abby ia his Kingdom enjoy ■ their Eftates. With a Provifion that if he or his Suc- eeflbrs (hall add to this Donation fufficient wherewith to maintain a Co- vent here, that then the faid Aljbot of Reading fhould fend a Covenj hither. . '
MAY, i« ^COUanO> a Cell to Reading.
THI S Priory was founded by David King of Scotland, and endow'd with feveral Lands in Scotland, by the faid David,, and Malcolm and William fucceffively Kings of Scotland.
SHIR-
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S H IR B U R M . 7» ©OK^tOjIW. 413
TH E Bifliops Seat which is now at Salisbury^ did of old time, for many years, remain at Shirhurn-, but fi nee that time Monks were placed here inftead of fecular Canons. The Abby Church here, dedicated to our l.ady, was in the time of Abbot Bradefvrd, fet on fire, and e great part burnt, tn a Diflention ji'hich happened between the Townelraen and the Monks; but the Townefmen were made to contribute to the Repa- .^. ration. King Hen. z. granted and confirm'd certain Lands to this Abby. [Valued at 682 I. 1 4 j. 7 d. ob. fer AnnHTH-~]
C A D W E L L I, i« the Diocefs of St. David's, iti'WtAi^, a Cell- to
Shirburn.
'^ I ^H I S Priory of Cadvoelli was given to the Church of St. Marys ot £ Shirburn, and to Tkurftan Prior there and his Succeffors, by Roger Biiliop of iSa/i^wry. /W^«aci?ot £<?«<^(9« and others were Benciaftors. Pope .2,5'- Aksunder, by his Buli dated 11.63. confirm'd to the Abby c{ Shirhum d\\ its Lam's and Revenues, among other3 the Parilh Church of St. iVfrfry of Shirburn^ which the Abbot of that Abby held as a Prebend of the Church of Sj%burY, alio the Church of St. Mary oi'CadwelH with all the Chappcls, 426, and Tithts thereunto belonging, ^c. all which Grants and Deeds were ratified, approved, and confir.' d, and alfo exemplified by DaviJ Bilhop of St. David's, Anno Dom. i 305.
[Valued ar 29/. \o s. per Annum.^
417.
C A R H O W, i« BOjfolfe.
THIS was a Nunnery founded and endow'd by King Steven near the City oiNormch. King john'm the firft year of his Reign granted to the Nuns here a Fair, to be held yearly at the Nativity of our Lady, vtifhthelike Lifaeniesas the Monks enjoy in theirFairat Norwich. King Henry tbQ IIL in the thirteenth year of his Reign confirmed their Eltate.
[Valued at 64 /. 16 s. 6<l. q. per AmumI]
GRENDALE, i» |0OjK(l)«C
A /^/ci;z Priorefs of the Covent of Nuns in the Church of St.Maryof Grendale, granted in feeJarm to R^lf Prior, and to the Convenf • of Ctfebum, certain Lands which had been to the faid Nuns given by Eugeramus de Bovington i to hold at the yearly Rent ot four Quarters of Wheat yearly, to be ptid halt at the Feaitof St. Martms in Winter^ and hall at Whitfontide. Richard de Pfrcy, then Patron ot this Priory, gran'ed o
the Advowfon thereot'tu Richard Malebi^e and his Heirs tor ever, ycild- ^ ing, in lieu 01 all Service, one pound ot Incenfe yearly at the Feaft of Pentecoflj which by the fame Deed he alfigned to be pud to the faid Priory.
CLERK.
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CLERKENVVELL, i« ^tmtUp,
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'^Ordanu5,Sono{ Radulfus, Son o^ Brian, gave to God, St. Mar j, and all
_ Saints, and to Rohert the Chaplain, in Alms, fourteen Acres of Land
lying near the Clerks-well {fons clerkorum) freed- and difcharged from all
Clairys of the Hofpitallersot St. John ot Jerufakm 5 this he gave to the faid
Rohert, to the end that he might there build ^ religious Houfe, fuchashe
thought fit for God's fervice. Which being built and made a Nunnery,
- Matilda de Ros, DdiUghtcr of Richard CauviUi, Girard de Canvill, Henry de
Effex^ and others were Benefadlors •, whole Gitis were confirm'd by
Richard ?>\^\o'^ 01 London, An. Dom. 11^^. and by the Heirs General of
430- the Founder, who alfo granted other Lands and PoflefTions lying round
49 !• the Nunnery. All which Lands and PolTeilions were confirm'd to the
432" Chutch of St.Maryde Fonte Ckricorum adjoyning to London, and the
433- Nuns there by King /i/(f«ry the II.
[Valued at 262/. ipt. per Annum.']
w R o X H A L L, i« ^lattoic feQjice
'Vgh Lord offVroxhail and Hatton, being taken PrLfonef at the holy
War (in Palefiine) and detain'd in Chains there, was by miWacle re-
moved from thence and fet down in his own Elilate at VVroxhall', where-
4i;4 upon he built a Nunnery here for Benedi^ine Nuns, in honour of Go3
and St. Leonard, to whom he had made his Prayers when in diftrpls ; and
made his two Daughters Nuns here.
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The Names of the Prioreflesj |
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I ErnhorovH. |
5 Muvod. |
9 Ide. |
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% Helm. |
6 Emme. |
10 Amis Ahtot. |
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3 Sahin. |
7 Maved. |
1 1 Annis. |
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4 Helm. |
8 Cecelie. |
12 Sihill Ahtot. |
435:. KingHenry iht If. and feveral others were Benefaftors, all whcJfe
Gifts were confirm'd to this Houfe in thefirft ot King Edward the III. [Valued at 72 /. i^ s. 6d, fer Annum.~\
-,^. C O L- N E, in ClTeiC, a Cell to Abington.
A
Lhericus de Veer, the Kings Chamberlain., gave and confirm'd to God
, and St. Mary, and to the Monks-of Ahington at C<?/», ferving God in
^,y the Church of St. Andrew there, divers Land and Revenues. King Henry
^ the I. ill the year im. authorized and confirm'd the Subjedion
of this Church to that of Ahington, and all the Efiate given un-
^,g^ to it by the faid Alhericns de Veer and others of his Family. Which
' AlhericHs, before his death, became a Monk in this Houfe, and dying,
was here buried ; as were alfo his Sons. In the year 1^ 11. a Compofiti-
cn and Agreement, was made between Richard Abbot of Ahington^ and
J$hnde Campeden Prior oi CoIhm, and their feveral Convents, containing
that the Prior and Covent of Co/» might choofe and admit their own Monks
from
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from what pans they pleafe, and that no Monks (hould be fent thither from the Convent of Aljndm 3 that the Convent of Colu might choofe their own Prior^ who was to be prefentedto, and allow'd by the Abbot <-rf filyndon ; faving tothc Abbot the right of vifiting the faid Priory of ^3''* Coin. In confederation ofwhich Liberty the Monks of Coln^ did witli the Confent of Robert de Veer Earl of Oxford their Pati-on, grant to the Ab- bot of Mj»don thdr Lordlhip of Keafington. Fid. Vol. z./>. 877. f Valued at 156/. 1 2 /. 4 ^. ob. ^er Amutm.J
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c A N E w E L L, in ^faffojl»(l)ite.
GEva Daughter of Hugh Earl of CheJIer, and Wife ofjeoffrey Riddl, founded the Church in honcir of St. Mary, and St. Giles, znd Ail Saints in Caneivell, for Monks; and, with the grant and allowance of her Heirs Jeoffrey Ridell, and Ralph Baffet, endov/'d it with divers Lands. The faid . ,^- Ralph BiJJtt was a Bcnetaftor to this Houfe, and fo was Waleran Earl of ^^i'
F A R VV E L L, in ©taffOjDHJl'te*
ROger Bidiop of CheJler (whofe §eat was fince tran/lated to Lkhfield) gave the Church of St. Mary at Faunvelle to Nuns and devout Wo- men ; this he did at the rcqueft of three Hermits inhabiting at Faurwelle j and endow'd the fame with Lands, to hold as freely as he himfelf did from God and the King 5 all which King f/cKry the 11. confirm'd to the faid 44*» I^uns, and alfo give thcjn of his own Charity divers other Lands "and Liberties.
PIN LEY, in mmmmitt
Rde Pila*-difito», gave this place to be a Nunnery, which was confirm'd to the Nuns here by Alured Bifliop of Worcefier, and by Simon and ']ohn his PredecclFors. John Son of Jeoffreji dc Langele gave to God and St. Mary of f////f y and the Nuns there, his Brother Robert deLange- /y, his Homage', and Service, and Kent of 6 <5/. for the maintenance of our Ladies Lamp at ?inley {ad Lumen bcat£ Mari<e de Pineleia ) [Valued at 2 J /. 5.1. 11 d, per Aumm}
STR.ATFOUD Priory. 443.
THE Nunnery here dedicated to St. Leonard, was founded and en- dowed by C/ri/?/.?;;.; (^e 6W^/7, and her Son i as feems by the Confirmation of King Steven. King Richard the I. did confirm other Lands to it, given by (jal/ena and her Son Bartholwew de Dauntartin, Pa- trons of the Houfe.
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FRESTONE in %\^m\aMU> ^ ^^^^ "f Croyland.
Lan de Creun, with Muriel his Wife, and M^mrice his Son gave the Church oiSt. James oi Frefione, with fcveral Lands and Tithes, to be a^^el! to the Khhj o[Croyhnd. From which Cre««, or Cro«»?,dtrccnded the Family of.lWiw/v/j'w, who became Heirs of the Founder, the Male Line ceafing.
5^ DOGMELS, i« .jpembJoTOt^ CCella Carnobii TyronenfisJ
T'dt^c Monks were BeKediclines Oi^the fame Order with thofe of St, Murtim at Tours. Tiie Priory here was founded by Martin de Turrihus, a Ncrman who firll Conquered the Country hereabouts cijll'd Karyies, or Ksmijh. Robert the Son of this Martin, endow'd it with Lands, confirir.'d to k by King Hairy die I.
• [Valued at 87 /. 8 j. 6 d. per Annum,']
W A L D E N Ahhj, in CffejC
-''"T^H E Abby at iValden \vas founded in the year 1 1 36. by Gaufridus
4^^^. Ji de A fa;, deviila E^rl of Effex, He was Grandfon of jffr^re; who c unc into Enghnd with ihe Norman Conqueror, and was t^t moft fignal
447. ilote in his Army for his great Performances. From the noble Founder of tiiis Abby (who died in the v ear 1144J defcended the illuUrious Family of the Bohttus Eadsoi Hereford, Fj/ex, and Northampton.
Tliis Abby .was dedicated to the honour of the blcfled JMary, and St.
44S. ^^»??5 the Apoflle,
The Family oi Bohnns were great Benefaftors to this Abby, arid moft of them buried here.
This Abby was built on the H^eji-dde of the Town and adjoyning to the
419- Highway, which place was chofen as more proper for the reliei of Tra- vellers, and for Hofpitality.
After the death of the Founder, Rohejja his Widow built a Nunnery at
■^^ ^' Chinkfand, to which fhe did all good Offices, and for the fake of that Houfe, became very unkind to this of her Husbands Foundation.
^-j^ Williumde MandeviUa fecond Son of the Founder, while y^o^^^ his
elder Brother lived, led a military life in Flanders with ?bilip Earl of that Country, but upon his Brother's death without iffue, he rcturn'd into England, and inherited hisEftate. Soon after which he made a Piigrimoge to jferapAw and vifited the holy Places, from whence being return'd into England he vifited this Houfe,and was here received with great Ceremony, where he prefented at the Altar feveralRelicks which be had purchafedin the holy Land, and became a great Benefaftor to this Houfe, giving them
^5'3"' by bisTeffament the Moiety of his LOrdihip of Waldin, &c. and died in Normandy without ifTue. After whofe deceafe this Barony came by his
4^4- Heirs General to one Jeffrey Fitz-Peter, who diffeiz'd the Monks of what
45<3- ■ E-zxlWilliarnhzd given them, and kept the Eflate from them a great while.
45^' till after King Johns Coroaation, being made Earl of Effex, he reftorcd part of their Lands again, and con:^rm'd them to the Monks here. This
^eoffery
Vol. I. Be N E D I c T J N E s» 51
Jeffrey Filins Pefri was very vexatious to this Abby, the manner and par- ticulars may be feen in the Book at large. Yet did, Gaufrielus de Manda- 455'. villa, the firft Founders Deed of Foaadation contain a heavy Curfe to any of his Succeffors or Tenants who (hould vex or difturb thefe Monks in any of their Poileirions, or alienate or diminilh the fame. The Founders En- dowment was confirm'd by feveral of his Defcendeiats ^ aifo by King SHven, 4^0* and King Henry the II. And KingEdivard the IIF. in the (eventeethyearof ^^^' his Reign Licen(ed William de Bohnn \Lzx\ of Northampton to give and an- ^^^^ next the Priory o^ Bereden in EJJex as a Cell to this Abby. 4<5j'
[Valued at 372 /. l'& s. 1 H. per Annttnt.']
B a O M F E I L D, in ©^ JOpOjfte. • ;^^4,
ANno Dotn. 115" 5-. The Canons of Bromfeild, by the Authority of T^^jfo^^j/^^ Archbifhop oi Canterhury^^ivc their Church oi Bromfeild t6 the Abby of St. Peters at Gloucejler.
King Henry the II. confirm'd all the Eftate belonging to the Church of St. Mary ofBromfeild^ to the Prior and Monks there feryingGod, to hold of him and his Heirs in perpetual Alms. The like did King Henry thelH.
B R E T F O R D. i« UlUtmWtZ-
GAufridus Camerurius de Clintom gave certain Lands in this Lordfhip to one Noemi j. Nun, for the erefting a Cell of Nuns here. Afterwards, at the requeft of the kid Gaufridus de Clinton, the Nuns here, being only two, viz. Sehurc and N<eumi^ gave their Houfc and Eftate "^^^^ here to the Canons of Killingivorth. •
T A L L A C H, in the Diocefs of St. David's in ^alCjS.
THE Abby hei-e, dedicated to God, St Mary and St. John Baptijl, was founded by Refus the younger Son of Eejiis the younger, of the Family of the Princes oi Soutb-watcs, and by him, and others endow 'd with many Lands, the particulars may be feen in thojiionaflicoh at large, foL ^66, 467. all which was confirm'd to this Houfe by King Edward the .i^-*. II. in the (eventeenth year df his Reign, and by King Edward the III. in the filth year of his Reign.
[Valued at 136/. 9 s. 11 d. per Anmm.']
blithbUry Priorj, in ^taff o^lilljice. "^^^^
HZ/gh Malvifin gave B^thehurgh to Monks and Nuns there dwelling, lor thefervice of God and St. Giles, to hold in pure and perpetual Alms. Which Eftate tho' for a while taken away by William Malvifit^^ Son of the Founder Hu^:, yet it was foon rcftored again.
Ha ED-
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E D W A R D S T O N, in ^Ufifolli ^ Cell to Abbington.
H
\Vlertm de MonU Qanefi Lord of the Town of Edrrardflon in' Suffolk ^ gave the Church there, to the Monks of Ahhendcn, to be a Cell of 469. that Houfe, and confirm'd his Gift in the fitteenth year ot Hetiry the I. Which was alfo ratified by that King, An. Dom. 1 1 15.
D E P I N G, in linCOlnflbire, a Cell to Thorney.
BAUewinus fVac gave the Church of St. James in Dcping with divers Lands belonging to it, to God, St. Marji, and the Church of 77;f»r»y, '^^'^' which was confirm'd by his Son and Gran'dfon : and alfo by Pope Inno- cent thelll in the firfl; year of his Pontificate. (1198)
1
ALCESTER, i« OUattDtcKnjtrc
'N the year 1 140. Radulfus Pincerna (or Boteler) founded this Monaflery
(tlien called Irom its Situation St. Mary's of the IJle) and made Robert
a ^lOVik o{ Wcrcejler \.)\t firft Abbot her-e. At which time it was agreed
between the two Houfes, viz. The Abby of \Vorcefter, and this, that there
fnouldbea conflant Love and Brotherhood betwixt them, and that upon
47^* the death of the Abbot here, another lliould be chofen indifferently out
of either Houfe j the faid Founder endow'd this Monaftery with divers
Lands ordaining that the Abbot ftiould not fpend any of the Revenues to
enrich his fecular kindred, but upon the Poor and Travellers. Rel>ert-
Earl of Leiceffer (of whom this Eftate was holden by the forefaid Founder)
confirm'd the fame to the Monks here, and granted to them divers Liber-
472. ties. The like did KingSteven. King Henry the IL confirm'd to them
473 • all their Lands by their feveral Benefaftors given, and alfo granted them
full power to. choofe their own Abbot from among themfelves, in their
Convent. Ring Edward the IV. in the fifth year of his Keign, feeing
the Eftateof this Monaftery to run. to decay, it being fo far wafted that
474'. it was not fufficient to maintain any Monks, but the Abbot only, granted
this Houfe and what Eftate it had left, to the Abby of Evefiam, to which
he annext it for ever 5 fo that kom that time it became a Cell of that
Abby. . *
[Valued at 6 5 /. js. 11 d. per Annum.']
LINGEBROOR Priory, in '^mfX!fM>^Z-
IT fecms by an Inquifition taken 24. Edw,\. thatJdum Efgar Clerk, was a Benefaftor to the Monaftery of Nuns here, and Ibunded aa Anniverfary for William de Power.
[Valued at 22 A 17 j. S d. per Jmmn.']
NUNK^
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NUNKELLING, i» ^OjKfljlce.
AG»es de Archis gave the Church here and divers Lands to God, %x..Mary, and St. Helen, and to the Nuns of Kiliii^g, in pure and ircc Ahns. The Nuns Eftate here was afterwards confirm'd by /?/cAW de Sando ^intino, and William de F ort ihs ¥.arl of Albemarle, and by '^^^° AelizdeSaHdoOmntitto Daughter of the iordM Agnes, who alfo gave other Lands , and laftly by the Archbi(hops of Tork.
[Valued at 55 /. i<) s. 5- d. fer Amtum.']
s A N D w E L L, in ©taffo^liflbire.
William Son of Guido de Offney founded a Hermitage in Bromvich, near the Well call'd Sandwell for a Habitation of Monks, and en- 6o\\^d the fame with divers Lands lying about the fame. Which was con- firm'd to the faid Monks by Gervais Paganellus Lord of the honour of Dudley, of which Barony the Lands were holden.
M O N K E T O N, /» ^OJfeOjltC.
William de Arches and Juetta his Wife founded a Nunnery here, pf which their Diughier Matilda was a Nun, endowing the fame With 4ivers Lands. All which was confirm'd to Che faid Nunnery by Hc*iry Murdac PitcWi^o^ oitork. (He died IIJJ.)
[Valued at 75/. 12 j. 4</. oh. per Ann^fff."]
HALiSTANE, /« n^o^t^umbwlattH.
Richard 3i(hopo( Durham, in the year 1311. united the Churches of Crojjanct, a.nd HarhotteU, to the Church of Haliflan and the Nun- nery there, and gave the Patronage of the fame to Richard de Vatframvill Patron of the faid Nunnery. King Henry the III. in the thirty ninth year of his Reign, confirm'd to the Priorefs and Nuns of Halydan, tbe Lands given to them by Alice de Alneto, and Roger Bertram.
[Valued at 1 1 /. ^ s. yd. per Annum.]
47^.
D u N s T E R, i« fyomnumti4
TH E Monaftery of Monks here, dedicated to the honour of St. George, ^77. was founded and endowed with fundry Lands and Revenues by the Anceftors of John de M'ooun Lord of Dunjierre, whicii John did, in the fifteenth year ot King Edward the III. ratifie and confirm to the Monks here all his Anceftors Donations.
[Valued at 37/. 4/. 8 </. per Annum.]
MAir-
sfA, B E N E D I C .T I N iE S. V O L. I^
M A R G A N ^%, in Witi\Z$.
THIS Abby vv^as founded by Robert Earl of Gloucefier in the year 1 147. King Jo/jw in the fixth year of his Reign confirnri'd to the 478. Cnurcho/St. /J/<jrys of Margan, and the Monks there, ail the Lands and Eltate given to them by the faid Rokrt and feveral others.
[Vauedat 181/. j s. ^d. fer Annum.]
479.
BLACKBURGH, inW^^{tA^
ROger de Scales and Muriel! his Wife gave to God, St Mary, and St. Ca' t her itiCy and to the Brethren ferving them in this place, called Ship- Wc, other wife BUckhergh, divers Lands and Pofleffions. The fame Roger by an other Deed, gave the fame Lands and others to the Sifters here ferving Cod. Fid. Fol. 2. p. %J^.
[Valued at 42 /. 6 s, 7 d. ob. fer Annnm7\
H E N w o o D, 7« ^atioicfeJljice.
KEtdhernus de Langedona, gave to God, and St. Margeret the Virgin, and to the Nuns at Eajiwell (Co was this Monaftcry then called by reaion of its fituationj part of his Demeans of Langcdon in which Lord- Ihip this Nunnery ftood, with divers other Lands and Liberties, to hold as ffeely as hehimfelf held them of his chief Lord Hugh ot Arden. Pope hmcent in the firft year of his Pontificate incorporated, annext, and uni- ted to this Nunnery of Hemmed divers Churches given to the famc'by King Rkh. II. and King Henry the IV.
[Valued at 2 1 /• 2 s. o d, ob. pr Amum.']
K"
m 5^ R. A D E G U N D S, adjoymng to Camb^lDgC
■ I N G Steven confirm'd to the Church and Nuns of St. Mary of Gam- bridge certain Lands which William a Monk and Goldfmith gave them 5 and alfo other Lands given them by Countefs Conftame Wile 01 his ^g(^ Son Eujlace. It was found by Inquifition taken at Cambridge, 3. Edw \. that the Priorefs and Nuns of St. Radeguttd at Cambridge hold a certain piece of Ground called Greencrojt, containing ten Acres on which their Church and Houfe is founded, which was given for that purpofe by Mai- colme Viing of Scoiland: and that Nigellns and £»/?<ic/;/«j Bifhops of £// had been Benetadors to this Nunnery.
L A N G L E Y, i« HciceaetOjire.
TH E Nunnery of St. Marfs of Latigly was founded by William Pan- tiilphe and Burgia. his Wife, from whom defcended Robert de Tate- fate Patron of this Priory 5-. if, 3. The Nuns here upon the death of their
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Priorefs, had power to choofe another without asking leave of their Pa- tron, who did ufe during the time of fuch Vacation to appoint a Boy («««?» Garcionem) with a white Wand to keep the Gate of the Nunnery, for which he was to have his Diet there. *
[Valuedat 29/. 7 i." 4 c/. oh. fer Anmimr\
s E T o N, i« CumbetlanD*
HEnry Duke of Lamajier, Earlof Dcr^/, Lincoln and Leke^er, being inform'd ttiat the Revenues of this Priory were fo fmall that they couia not maintain the Priorefs and Nuns, gave and annext to this Houfe, the Hofpital of St. Leonard'^ in Lancajiety to hold in pure and perpetual Alms. Which Hofpital was firlt founded by King "John tor a Mafter, a Chaplain, and nine poor People, three of which to be Lepers, and the reft found.
{[Valued at I2 /. i^ s. oh. fer Annum.'] X^ "-
wiNTENEY, i« ^ampllifte.
R Ickard, Son of Rf char J Je Hereard endowed the Nunnery here built to God, thebleflcd Mary, St. Mar j Magdalen, and AH Sqints. with. divers Lands, which King Edward the I. confirm'd.
[Valued at 43/, 3^ ^er Amjum7[
• SNELLESHALL, iw-Bucfeingljamtbfw* *
RAlph Martell, and others, gave to the Prior and Monks here ferving God in the Church of St. Lecnard, at Sne^ejhill, divers Lands,which were confirm'd to them by King fJenry the III.
[Valued at i8/. is. n d. terAnnum^
BIRKENED,
55
S A N D F O R D, i7 'BatKfibiCC
KIN G Edwardthc I. in the 217?, year of his Reign granted to the Prior and Convent oi Sandelford, tree Warren in their Demeans. Haioerus deSan^o Andrea granted to God, and the Church of Sx..Mkbolas ■ .n oiSandford, and to the Nuns there, a Rent of Five Shillings per Annum ^' ^ in his Town ol Uttlemore. Fid. Fol. S-p. 13.
A N K E R w I K, i« '^ucKingftamCbitc.
Gillert znd Richard Mimifichet, Knights, founded a Nunnery here, an(3 endow'd it with Lands. King Henry the IlL in the one and fortieth year of his Reign confirm'd their Eltate given by many BenetaftorSj whofe 483^ Names, and Parcels given are expreft in his Charter.
([Valued at 32 /. o j. 2 </. per Annum.']
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484. B I R R E N E D, i« C^cQjlW.
HAffio de Majjie endow'd the Church of St. Mary and Sr. James here uith Lands, and granted and cOnfirm'd to the Prior and Monks, and tiieir Succeflors, power and liberty to choofe their own Prior upon any vacancy, from among themfelves, according as Pope AkxamUr had granted to them.
[Valued at 90 /. 13 j. fer Annum.'j
M A R R. I G G, in I^OjKCbite.
TO the Nuns here ferving God, Roger de Jfco, Conan de Afcb^ and many others, among the reft Conan Duke of Britanny and Rich- mond were great Benefaftors 5 giving divers Lands and Liberties, all 485. which were recited and confirm'd by the Charter of King Edward the IIf< in the twenty fecond year of his Reign.
[Valued at 48 /. 18/, 3 J. fer Annumi^*
STYKESVi^OULD, in jdinwInQjwe.
48^. TTT appear'd by Inqutfition taken in the Reign of King Edward the t. J^ that the Mailer and Nuns of Stikefwoldhddkvetal Lands of the Gift ot Lucy Mother of RamlfEzrl of Chejler, and others. And that they had been fo held for the fpace of one hundred years*
[Valued at 114/. 5^. "2.(1. ob. fer Annum:
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S T O D E L Y, i« £)ji;fojDQ)fte.
yErnard de San^o Walerico, and Thomas de Santio Wakrico his Son cn- _^ dow'd a Nunnery here, and gave power to the Nuns upon the va- cancy of the Priorefs to choofe another with the aflent of the Patron or 487. his Steward. Thomas de S. WalericoWxtd in the time of King John 1x07. Richard King of the Romans, and Edmmd Earl o{ Cornwall^ and Godfrey de Crmcumhe were Benefadors. Fi^. fol. 3 . /• 1 3 •
[Valued at 83 /. 4^. 4 ^. q. ftr Annum.']
R
KIRK LEY, i« ^Ojlifljice.
Einerus F landrenfis, gave divers Lands to the Nuns here, which were
confirm d to them by William Earl oi Warren in pure and perpetual
^go Alms. They had alfo other Lands from other Benefaftors, all which were ^ ' confirm'd by King //fwry the IIL in the twentieth year of his Reign.
[Valued at 19 /. 8 x. fer Annumr^
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STANFORD, in %molnmVt.
William Abbot o( Feter borough^ in the Reign of King Henry the II. founded at Stanford %. Priory of Nuns in honour of God and St. Michael, he built their Church, and placed there forty Nuns. Saving to himfclf and SuccefTors, Abbots oiPiterlmgh, the placing of the Prio- ri fs, (^t^. referving alfo a Rent of half a Mark yearly to be paid to the Church o{ Peterlfurgh.
iVHiiatn de Humet gave a Rent often Marks per Annum to the Cijlercian Monks in Stanford, which was confirm'd to them by King 'John in the fixtcenth year of his Reign. Lucy Wife of the (aid William gave certain ^go. Rents to the Nuns of St. Michaels at Stanford.
The Priorefs and Nuns here <1 id by their A£l and Deed acknowledge and promife fidelity and obedience lo the Abbot and Cohvent of Peter. borough; that the Prior ox Curator of their Monaffery might be placed and- difplaccd by the faid Abbot and Convent ; that upon the death of the Pnorcfs, no Eleftion of another fhould be made without the Abbots Li- cenfe ■, and that the admitting oi the Nuns into the faid Houfe fliouldbe wholly in the power of the faid Abbot 5 alfo that the faid Nunnery fhould pay a yearly Pention of a Mark of Silver to the faid Abby of Tcterhurgh for the-buyirig of Books. Fid. Vul. x.p. B2>o. [Valued at 6^ h 19 s. $ d. per Awui/n.']
W Y R T H O R P, /« Boit\)mptOt\mtZ.
IN t!ie zSth. ofEda). 3. Thomas de Nelland and "joan his Wife (the Kings Kinfvvoman^ were Patrons of aNunnery at f^r^/^^r/, at which time this Houfe wss loimpoveriditdanddecajcd, Ly reafon of the Peffilence, and other reafon^, that there was here but one Nun remaining, whereupon, by the King's Licenle^he faid Houfe and Church of Wjrthorp, with all its Pcffeifions, were by the BiQiop forever united and anncxtto the Nun- nery of St. M/c/Wj by Stanford, and the Nun here remaining, was re- moved thither.
I V I N G H o, /« 'BucKingliamajicc*
T7"ING Edward the \. in the eighth year of liis Reign, gave divers XX. Lands, to the Priorefs and 'Numoi' St. Margaret o^ Ivingho, and their SuccelTbrs, to hold of the King in free, pure, and perpetual Alms.
W A B U R N, /« 5I30jf0lfe.
TH E Priory of U'alurn was founded by Sir Ralph Mejngarjn Knight, from whom dciccndcd by the Mothers fide John de Veer Earl of Oxprd.
[Vilued at 24/, 19;. dd. ob. rcr Annum.']
I CAMPESS,
490*
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C A M P E S S, or Campfey , in Suffolfe.
TEohafuhis de Falohes gave his Land in Campefs to his two Sifters Joand^nd Agnes^ tor the Foundation of a Nunnery there to the ho- nour ot God and the glorious Virgin Mary. Which was confirm'd by 49^' King Joh>i. Matilda de ILattca/iery Countds oiVlfter,6\d in the Reign of King Ediv. in. by Licenfe of that King, found a Chantry of five Prielrs to officiate in this Church, which Chantry ,was removed afterwards to a Town cali'd Brufejard in the MannoTc oi Rokhall ; the Revenues and Scite where- of was afterwards, in thefaid King'sReign given to a Priorefs and Nuns ol!St. Clares Order t which Nunnery was there ereiTted ( at Brujfejard^iri ^^^' place of the (aid Chantry Priefts or Chaplains.
. [Valued at iSz I. 9s. ^ d. per Annim.j
I
D E. N N E Y ^%, in cambjitigcQii'rc.
'N the lad year of Wgel/us Ki{hop of Elj; who died 1169. one Rolert,
Chamberlain to the Earl of Eritony and Richmond, founded the Mo-
naitery here as a Cell to £/v, becoming a Monk himfelf. In the year 134 1.
493' Mana de SanElo Paulo, Countefs o'lPemhroke, gave this Mannor of Denney
to Sifter Katherine de Bolwyk Abbefs, and to the Nuns of St. C/j/f. or
Minoreftes, there ferving God, in free, pure, and perpetual Alms. She
494. alfo annext and united the Advowfon of the Abby-'cf MinoreftTes at iVater-
495. ZwZ'^tothis at Denney, and tranflated the Nuns onf^/<f/-^(fc/^e hither. AH which fhe did by Licenfe oE King Edward the. III. Vid. Vol. 2. /. 883.
[Valued 31172/. 8 J. 5 d. ob. pr Anmtm7\
4P5. SEWARDSLEY, i« Ji5ojtliamponQ)irf.
Rolert de Vinkiny^ and Simon de Pinkeny, gave certain Lands to the Nuns here, and William de Sanclo Johanne, was alfo a Bene- lattor.
[Valued at 12 /. 6 s. ^ di q. perjvmm.']
R
L I XT L EM A R E I S, tiear Yedingham, in I^OjKQjite-
OgerdeClere, endow'd the Nunnery here with divers Lands. The ^^ .^ Church oi'Teddingham was dedicated in honour of the moft blefl^ed Viigm in the year 1241. on the feventeenth of the Ka/ends of September.^ at which time divers indulgences were granted. Richard de Breufe he- came Patron of this Houfe in right of y4//ce his Wife who was defcended from the t'ouoders. King Eenry the III. in the 30//;. year of his Reigti coniirm'd to the Nuns of Teddingham all the Lands given by their feveral Benefadors. 493. • There Was delivered in thisHou(e,to the Priorefs and Convent fixty and two Loaves daily ; to nine Brethren twelve Loaves a piece, weekly 5 to Brother James fourteen Loaves, to three Priefts, to four Chaplains, and t{<- ■' • ' other
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other Officers accordingly, &c. among the reft of the Deliveries is fet down.—Canihus in. [wgulis Maneriis triginta fiovem fanes de pane duriori.-'— To the Dogs in each Manor thirty nine Loaves of the courleft fort of Bread.
[Valued at 2 1 /. 1 6 j. (5 d. ob. ^er Amum.l
N U N B U R. N H A M, in ^^Ojfefljire,
TH E Anceftors of Roger de Merlay Lord of the Barony of Mor/iath VI ere founders of the Nunnery of Brmham. And it was Ibund by inquifion 38. Ben. 3. thatthefe Nuns held Lands here of the Fee of Thomas de Grayftoc.
[Valued at 8 /. is. 11 d. per Annum.']
L Y T H O M, in JLatlCafllftC, a Cell to ©Ut^aitt.
Rlchardusjilius Rogeri^ or Richard Fitz-Bogers, gave his Land at Ly- thum with the Church there, to the Prior and Movkso{ Durhaviiot the ereding and eftabftflnng at Lytham a Cell of their Order, which he endow'd with divers Lands. This v\'as confirm'd by King John in the fecond year of his Reign.
A R D E N, /« ^OJfeOllte,
PEter de Hotona founded and endowed an Abby of Nuns at Arden, and dedicated it to St. Andrew j which was confirm'd by Roger de Mow- bray Lord of the Fee; and hy Elizabeth Heirof thefaid ff/^rinthe tenth year of Edward the I. In the 6th. of Henry the IV. Jeoffrey Pigot, as Heir offeterthQ firft Founder, and B//w^f//;abovefaid, was admitted by the Nuns here as Founder or Patron.
[ Valued at 1 2 /. perAmium'\
D A V I N T O N, /•» jfeent.
KI N G Henry the III. in the thirty ninth year of his Reign, confirm'd to thePriorefs of the Church of St.Mjri/ Magdalene of Davyntone, " " ' 'iversLandb and R.ents, given by feve-
t X . FOSS,
and to the Nuns there ferving God, divers Landb and R.ents, given by feve- ral Beneladtors.
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C H 1 R B U R. Y, i« ^IjJopOjite. 500.
TH E Monks here having formerly inhabited at St}ede, and removed from thence ; King Edward the I. in the ninth year of his Reign, underftanding this place not to be convenient for them removed them back again to Snede.
501.
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501. V OSS, in %into\nfbkz.
Kl NG Heriry the HI, in the xijl. year of his Reign gave to the Priorels and Nuns of Fojs without Tork^fey, fixfcore Acres of Land and leven Tofts in Torkefey to hold for €ver at the yearly Rent of forty fix Shillings.
[ Valued at 7 /. 3 /. 6 d. per Annum.']
WALLING WELLS, i» Botting^amOjire.
RAlph de Cheurokurt, gave to God and St. Mary a place in his Park of Carletuna, for the building a place of Religion ; and to it gave o- ttier Lands and Liberties, in pure and perpetual Alms. 50;, From this Founder, is defcended by a Daughter, the Family of Furneux ^
the Male Line of which Family is now in Being in Darhyjhire under the name of Rooper.
[Valuedat 58 /. 9^ \o d. per Annum7\
5^ CATHERINES Nunnery, ivithont CjCCtet, in Jatlionfljiw.
KING John in tke fecond year of his Reign, confirm'd to the Church oiSt.Catherine w'vihont Exeter ,2iX\d the Nuns there, the Lands given to them by William de Trafcy^ and Benry de Pomerya, with the grant of many Liberties.
FLAMSTED Priory, in JpaCtfOjUfljlW-
AGatha., Widow of William de Gatejdenfindowed the C hurch of St. Giles o( Flantfled with cemia Lands, which Gift was confirm'd by King 5'-'4« Henry the III. in the twelfth year of his Reign.
[Valued at 50/. if s. S d. ob. per Annum.'}
C R E S S E W E L L, /« i^etJfojUtlJite.
w-
'Alter de Lajcy gave to the Church of St. Mary at Crejeivell, and to
the Monks there of the Order call'd Grandimontettfes^ divers
Lands and Revenues; confirm'd hyYiXngHenry the III. who alfo granted
505. to them divers Liberties. Other Benefadtors gave them other kands,
all which was confirm'd to them by King Edivard the III. in the firfl year
of his Reign. Fid. Vol. 3. />. 1 7.
DARBY
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DARBY Priory, in jDatbpQjirC*
KING Henry the HI. granted to thePriorefs and Nuns de Pratis at Deriy, an Augmentation of one hundred Shillings ^fr^»«»»», out ot tneFee-tarm ot thcTown of isTomwg^vw. It was found upon an Ex- ro<? ■ tent in the 15. B. i. that the Scite oi the Abby at Derl>ji with a Garden and Curtilage, was wortli yearly zo s. And that the faid Abby held there, in Demean, tour Carucates of Land, each Carucate corftaining fixty Acres of Land/i. e. Arable Land,J ^c
L A M B L E Y Nunnery, in ^OJtljUmbCrlanO.
KI N G 'John in the fecond year of his Reign, confirm'd to God, and St. Mjry,and St. Patrick^, and to the Nuns at Lamheleya, the Scite of the Abby of Latnheleya Su^er Tiuam^ and the Lands which Adam de Tiridale and Helew'fa his w itt gave to the faid Houfe.
STEIN FEILD Priory, in JLmCOlnOjire.
THIS was a Priory of Benediftine Nuns, founded by Henry Son of Henry de Percy. The Patronage of this Houfe came to Jocelin de Lovein by Agnes his Wife, one of the Daughters and Co-heirs of William de Percy. King Edward zh.t\. in the one and twentieth year of his Reign granted the Priorefs and Nuns here, free Warren in their Demean Lands' ^**^* the fame not being within the bounds of his Forefts. '
[Valued at 98 /. 8 s. fer Annum.']
M O D B U R Y, i« asclJOttdjirC.
THE MannorofAW/«r)f,and right of Patronage of the Priory there being m Zr/u Widow of Sv. James Exton, Knight, by Virtue of a Fine m the 9. Edw. %. the faid Id* through the mediation of Friends re leafed all her title to Richard de Campo-Amulphi. '
CHESTER Nunnery.
»H E Monaflery of St. .H^r^ here, was founded for Nuns, and en, dow'dby Ranulph Earl o^CheJier with Lands and Liberties. [Valued at 66/. 18 s. ^d. per AmiHm.J
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R O S S E D A L E, in ^OJfefljtte*
Ohert de i'/^/^f z^i// foanded and endow'd theNuHnery at Rojfedals to God and St. I^«/-c»c^, which was confirm'd by King John. SibilU eie P'aloni/s, Adamde Neuto», &c. gave other Lands to the Priorcfs and ^°^* Nuns here, all which was contirm'd by Ring Edward the HI. inihe fecond J°^' year of bis Reign.
• [Valued at 37/. iz !. 5^. fer Annum.']
5-10. PEMBRO K Friorj.
W Alter Marefcalks^ and William Mare/callus both Earls of Pemhrok.^ gave divers Lands and Endowments to the Priory of St. Nicholas at Fef}ihroke. '
St.ChEMENT S, adjoyning to ^OJfe.
THurjlan Archbifliop of 'fork gave to God and St. Clement, and the Nuns there, divers Lands 10 hold in pure and perpetual Alms ; whofe Letters of Endowment were confirm'd by the Dean and Chapter of York. Other Benefaftors gave other Lands, all which was confirm'd by King Edward ihtWl. in thefirft year of his Reign. Amo. Dom, 1192. Gaufridus Archbilliop of Tork gave the Priory of St. Clements to the Abby o{GodeJiave, but the Nuns here refufed to (ubmit to fuch Donation, and appeal'd to the Poj^e.
([Valued at yj/. lis. Jid. per Anmm.~j
Sii.
512:
CHESTHUNT, /« ]|)«tfOjl>GliW ,
KI NG He»ry the III. gave to the Priorefs and Nuns here all the Lands and'Xenements belonging to the Canons ofCathale, whonvbe cauled to be removed. ' [Valued at 14/. 10 s. pr Annum.']
F IN C H ALEy in the Bijhoprick of jDUC^attl-
F
^hcbale is a folitary place not far from the City of Durham, where a _ certain Hermit named Godricui de Finchale, who in his youth had vifited the holy Sepulcher, fpent hisold Age in Devotion, and here died with the reputation of great Sanftity. After the death of this Godficuj, Rtmulphus B\ihop of Durham gv2inttd this Hermitage, and the Lands ad- 517. joyningi to ^/^^r«j the Prior, and the Monks of £)«r/;<j«>. //«^/; Biftiop oi Durham founded and endow'd the Priory of Finchale for fuch Monks of Durhdmzs the Prior of Durham fliould from time to time fend thither in the ferviceofGodand 'St. John. , ^ ; ^^ ; [Valued at 122 /. 1 5 /. 3 </. ptr Annum.']
The
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The Priory of St. James «^ Briftol, a Cell of %z\jl}li^\)\xt^.
William Earl ot Gloure/ler ^avc to this Houfe divers Lands and Tithes, and the Profits of the Fair at Briflol^ in Whitfm-week, which with other Lands given by other Benela£lors was confirm'd by King Henry thell. The fam.eKing gave thc^Monks here certain Liberties in his Forreft. Hokrt Earl of Gloucejler was buried in this Church of St. James, at Briffol.
B U N G E Y, i« ^uefoIK.
ROger de Ghtivill and Giindreda the Countefs, his Wife, founded a Nun- nery in v\t Church of the holy Crofs at Bungey. The En- 5^ A' dowmems whereof as well by the faid i^tJgfr and his Wife as by a great ^i%' number of other Benefactors, were all confirm'd to the faid Nuns and their Succtfibrs to hold in pure and perpetual Alms, by King Henry the II. in the ninteenth year of his Reign.
{^Valued at 6^ /. o s. i </, pb. per Annnm.']
SYLLEY 7/^, «e^/- Cojntoall ^i5.
THIS Ifle was given of old by the Kings oi England to the Abbot and Monks ot Taueficck, who ufedtg* lend two of their Monks hi- ther to perform the Divine Offices, till the Wars with France in the Reign ofKing£^imr^/ the HI. And then that King gave Licenfe to the Abbot of Tauejicck, in tlie ninteenth year of his Heign, to place here two fecuiar Chaplains inftead of Monks.
R O W N E Y Pricrj, in IpCttfOjllQjiCC
IN the 3^, H. 6. Agnes Sclly Priorefs of this Houfe and theCovent of Nuns here, in relpeft of the poverty of the place, did by their Deed Icafd with their Common-Seal, rcfign up their Church, Houfe, and Lands, into the hands of their Patron John Fray who deligned to convert . the fame in a better manner. Which John Fray was chief Baron of the Exchequer^ and being thus pofleft of this Priory, he would not convert it ^^^' to any other u(e but to the fervicc of God, and therefore obtain'd the King's Licenfe in the 37. H.6. to found and endow here a Chantry for one Prieft, -; f
The firfl: Founder of the Priory was'Co»<;K Duke of fiW/^^wyand Rich- . moHci, who, with others, endow'd it with PofTeffions of the value of ten Marks ^er Anmra.
["Valued at I 5 J. 10 i. 9 r/. po- A^nnm.]
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510.
518. N u N-E AXON, i« caiactDiCifelbtrc.
THIS Houfe was founded and endow'd by Rolen Ear! of Ltkejler, Son o'l Robert de Mellento,m the Reign of King Henry the II. for Nuns of the fan:ie Order with thofe at Font-Eh-av.d. tjo Whofe Gifts were confirra'd by his Son Rchrt, and by King HcKry
the 11.
The Priorefs and Covent of Font-EhralJ granted to this Houfe the immunity to receive and retain to their own proper ufe all fuch gifts as iliould be made unto them, without any exaftion of thefaid Abbels.and Covent o[ Font-Elrald. Which immunity and feverai others were conr firin'd to-'them by Pope Alexander the III.
[Valued at 25 3 ^ 14 J. $ ^i- oh. per Anmtm.'j
L U F F E L D, ;•« Jl^OJt^amptOUQji'ce, a Cell to Weaminfler.
TH E Priory of Luffeild was founded by Rolert Earl o^Wuefter^ for the Souls of King I4^il/iam the I, and Qiieen Matilda, ^c. King /7^»7 the I. his Daughter yJ/^«-^ the Emprefs, and Kmg Fdward the I. were Benefa£lors, and Pope Alexander the III. granted to Ral^h Priorof St. Mary's at Luffeild, his Brethren, and their SuccefTors, divers Priviledges by his Bull dated 1 1 74. 511. RaddJHS de Cahienes^ Httgo de Saeflo Martina, and others gave them di-
J23. vers Churches and Tithes.
514. King Henry the III. in the fifty fnth year of his Reign.reciting the Priory
of Luffnld to have been founded by his Predeceflors Kings of England, granted to the Prior and Monks there free Chiminage in his Forreft of Whitlemod, for five years next enfuing.
521
w I L B E R F o s s, in ^ojbOjite.
THIS was a Houfe of Nuns dedicated to St. Mary, founded by He- lias de Cotton, and endow'd hy' Alan his Son with divers L^nds. King Henry the II. in the fourth year of his Reign,and King Henry the III. in the twelfth year of his Reign, confirm'd their Lands and tfiate. Fid. Fol. 3. /. 12.
[Valued at 2 1 /. 16 s. 10 d. per Annum.']
jij.. GODSTOW Priory of Nuns, in €)jCfO?DlI)ftC.
TH E Church here was built by their Priorefs Editha, and in the year 11 38. dedicated in honour of the blefled Virgin Mary and St. John Baptifi, by Alexander then Bifliop of Lincoln, in preTence of King Steven, and Maud the Queen, with abundance of Bilhops, Earls, and Barons, and others of prime quality, who all gave to the faid Church at thattimefomc Rents and Endowments : Whereupon Albericus Bifliop of Hojlia the Pope's Legate in Ef^gland tdenkd to every of the faid Bene-
fador*
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fa£torsone year of injoyr.'d Penance, and granted moreover a Remif- <x6, fion of forty days in every year to all thofe who Ihouid in Devotion vifit the faid Church on the day of St. Prifiavhs. Virgin, or on the Nativity of St. "John Baptifi.
Their Lands and Revenues were confirm'd by King Steven, and by King RidarJ the I. in the firft year of his Reign. 5-2,74
In thcyear irpi. /7«g^ Bilhop of Lincoln Vifiting in this part of his >=S. Diocefs, and feeing in this Church a Tomb before the Altar with more than ordinary Ornaments, and beinginform'd upon enquiry that it was the Tomb o[' /?o/<twW Concubine to King Hotr^ the II. he caufed hetbody to be removed out of the Church, and to be buried in the Church-yard to -avoid the fcandal of Religion, and to deter other Women from Whoredom.
About the time of the Supprc/non of this Houfe, Rofamonds Tomb was op:-^n'd and her pones found inclofed in Leather, and that in Lead. When it was opened a very fwcct fmell came out from ir. The following In- fcription was formerly read on a Crofs near Godfim,
. ^i meat haccret, JigHumfalutisadoret, ZJtque fihi detfir veniam Rofamttnda precetur.
Fid. 2. FoL p. S84.
[Valued at 274 /. •$ s. i o </. ob. fer Annum.l
L I L L E G H I R G H E, in the County of
K\ N G John gave to 4he Abby of St. Mary and St. Sulpice at Lille- church, and the Priorefs and Nuns there the Mannor of LiUechurch It) pure and perpetual Alms, and granted them a Fair to be there held yearly on the Feaft of St. Michael, and two days after 5 all which was con- firm'd by.King Henry the IlL in the eleventh year of his Reign, who alfbin the fiftieth year of his Reign rcleafed and pardon'd their Suit-fer- ^ ^' vice to his Court at Si. Murt ins k Grand, in London.
TYKEHEAD Priory, in P0}lG)itZ.
KI N G John'm the fifth year of his Reign confirm'd to God and the Church of St^Mary oiTykehev^d, and to the Nuns there ferving God, tiiC Lands and PofTeflions then given them by feveral Benefaftors.
In rfie year 1264. thePrior and Canons of EUerton, and the Nuns of 7'y^f^W, exchanged certain Lands and Houfcs which had been the occa- S^o. fions of former Suits and Controvcrhcs.
Sir Rokrt de Aske Rt the Founder, gave to this Houfe the Rent
of" 7 J 4 //. per AnHum.icr the maintaining of a yearly Obit for himfelf and
Eazaheth his Vv'ife, conditionally that if the Obit were not diligently ob-
ferv'd, I hen the faidSumor Pvcntto be reftoredto his Heirs. Dated ifia.
[Valued at 20/. 18 J. 10 d. far Annum. ~\
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HUNTINGTON Vriory of I^uus.
N the time o^ Richard de Gravefend BiHiop of Lincoln, Elena Walenfis was elcfted Priorefs ot the Priory of St, 7^??^^^ (Stra Huntedun the Lady Dervorgull de Galewidia, being then Pacronefs of the faid Priory, and Richard de Fcxton her Sencfcha!, or Steward.
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c L I V E, /« ^omcrfetn^itie.
'Illium de Romare, who married Lucy Countefs of Lincoln, founded the Abby ot the bleflcd Virgin arid St. Lamefice^ at Remhy in L'mohiJhirc^.Steph.
Wiliam his youngeft Son by the faid Lucy^\v\\o married Phillip Daughter ^ ^^' of Hubert de Burgh Earl of Kent, founded the Abby of our blelfed Lady of . the Cliff, in Somerfet/I;ire, in the c).Rich.i. of which one Ralph was the' lirfl Abbot.
King //fw/-}' the III. confirm'd their Lands and EOate, and moreover, granted to the Abbot and Convent oi Clive, the Mannor and Hundred of Bramion, in Devotjjhire, to be held of the King and his Heirs at the yearly Farm of z2 /. per Annum.
[Valued at 1 5 5 /. $ s. 5: d q. per Annitm^
H A L I W E L Vriory, in ^W^tlifi.
KING Rid^ard the L in the fixthyear of his Reign confirm'd to the NunSol//j/iji;f//thefeveral Lands given to them by Calfredtti Ca- merariui and others.
The fame King in the firft year of his Reign confirm'd to the Church of St. John Baptift of FlalnvelL and to theNuns1:here ferving God,the Ground on whichthcfaid Church (lands cum ptrtin.viz. the Marifh or Meadow in which the Fountain calfd HuliiveU rifes, uith -other Lands given by Richardhtc Bifhop of London, IValier Precentor of St. Pauls, &c.
Thefe Nuns held alfo certain Lands at Camermll and Pecham given to them by fevcral Benefactors.
R E R S E Y Priory, in ^UffolK
Efla de Cokefeld, Widow of Jhcrnas de Burgo, gave to God, and to the Church ofSt.M^ry, and St, At^thony of Kerjey, and to the Canons ther.c, divers Lands, ofuhichflie and Ijerfecond Husband paft a hnc in the 24. flen. 5.
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KINGTON ?rmy, in mMm-
Robert Burnell Bifliop of Bath and WeUs founded this Houfe to God. and St. Mary, tor Nuiis, whofeDecd of Foundation was exemplificct by h(feBl>/:us 19. ^. I. '/V^<?/. 2.f. S87.
{^Valued at Z) I. 9 ^. i d, oh. per Anntm.~\
GLOUCESTE R-H A L L, in the Suhurhs of ^X^QlXi^
534.
' B u R. N H A M, in 0i5ucMnsliamIl)ice.
A'Nno. Dof»..ir66. i^/c/.'W Kitig . of the i?<?wfl»i founded a Monaftcry here j^)r Nuns, which he dedicated to God and St. M^r;-, and en- dow'd it wit'h his Manner and Advowlon of Bumbam and other Land?. Witnefies to wiiofc Deed or Charter of Foundation, were his Brothpr r.,^. King lienrj the III. and Prince ^.Y/ivjn^ his eldeft Son, with others. rVaUi'cJ ac p /. 2 j. 4 tl, q. per Annum.']
S T O K E-C L A R E Prior;, in g)UffOlK
THIS Houfe was founded in the year 12^8. by Richard de C/^reEarl ofGlouceffer, from whom defcended the Mortimers Earls of March, -^^ ana the RoyaJ Houfe of Tcrk, as is fet forth in a long Pedigree in Latin . * and Ef7glifh Verfe, in' Dialogue between a Fryer and a Secular at the Tomb ol Joan of Acres Daughter of iT^irW the I. and Wife of Gilbert de Clare Earl of Gloncejier. This Houfe being an alien Priory and Cell to the ^ .3 Abby oi' Beekeherlerpj»,'m Normandy, King Richard the 11. in theninteenth year ot his fveign, made it Indigena, and gave it as a Cell to St. Peters at IVeftminjler
Vo\)Q John., in the fifth year of his Pontificate, tranflated tfiis Houfe from a Priory of Monks into aColledge of a Dean and Secular Canons. This 520. was done at the Petition oi £^»7//«^ Earl of Mj/c/j, Heirofthe firfl Foun- ders, 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, yid. infra, 1004. Vol. 3. part 2. />. 1 64.
[V.^laed at 52.;/. 41". \ d. oh. fer AnnuM.]
540.
THIS was founded and endow'd An. 1283.(11. E. i.) for the main- tenance of thirteen Benedi^ine Monks oi' the Abhyoi Gloucefler^hy John Giffard Lord oi Br imesjei Id. 19. £. i. That King granted his Liccnie „ of Mortmain.
It appears by the Founders Deed of Foundation, that the Houfe was . built upon certain Ground purchafed.of the Knights of St. John oi Jerufa- lem, in a Lane commonly then called Stockwelijirect, thatthe Church here was dedicated to St. jfo/;K the Apoflic.and St. Benedict the Abbot and Con- feflor, and that the Houfe was erefted tor B^nedidine HonksCaufa (ludii.
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M I s s E N D E N, /■« 05ucfetng^am(l)tre.
'T was found by Inquifion taken at ^y/i?jt'//rj', ^i. E. 3. that the Abby __ of /^;r^(?»</f» was founded in the year 1293. by fF/Z/iaw ,t/f MuJJenden, w no held the Manner di Mujfenden of .the tarl of GlGucefter by Knights fervice. In the Chapter-Houfe and Church belonging to this, Auby did 54^- lie buried feveral of the A//j/f'«<3/e«i defcended from tlie Founder," vvhofe names may be feen in the Book at large. Fid. Vol. 5. y. 18. [Valued at 2 6 1 /. \\s. 6 d. c^. ^er Annum. \^
The M I N O R. E S S E S, at lOnDOH.
KING Edward thel. in the one and twentieth year of his Reign granted his Licenfe o'i Mortmain to £^w««^ his Brother and his Wite, Blanch Queen of Nauarre, to build a Houfe in the Parilh of St.Botu/phs with- out J /gate, iorNutts oithc Order oiMimreJ/es, there to remain in the fervice of God, the bleiled Mary, and St. Francis.
[Vauedat 318/. 8;. ^ d. fer Annum.']
WATERBECHAM, ^« CambjiDgdjirc
KI N G Edwardihe I- i i the twenty fecond year of his Reign granted to Diomju de Monte -Camja, the Mznnoxoi Waterieche, to build a tieligious Houle there for Mmoiejjes of the Order of St. Cia,e to be brongnt overlrom beyond the Seas. All whicii was-confunid by Hing Edward the III. in the eleventh year ol his Reign,
H o L A N D, ifi lancaQjwe.
HERE being formerly a Collegiate Church or Chappel ofSt.Thmas the Martyr, lervcd by Secular Chaplains, iValter Biihopoi Coventry ^'^'^' and Litchfeild, in the year 13 19. by conlent oi Robert de Holland thQ Patron, alter'd the Foundation into a Priory corififting of a prior and twelve Benedi^ine Monks! Upon every Vacation or Death of the Prior, the Monks Were to choofe three of their Houfe, one ot which being ap- proved by the Patron, and prefented to the Billiopjwas to be by himcon- ftituted Prior. Vid. Vol. i.p. 889.
[Valued at 5 3 /. 3 J. 4 //. ftr Annum,']
^^6, Of certain Antient Menageries in WitXi^.
MOrcant a King in Wales having treacheroufly kili'd his Uncle Frioc^ af- ter he had in a moft folemn manner fworn an inviolable peace with him before the holy Altar, was by OudoceusBiihopoi Landaff^ in aSyiiodof his ClergVjWbich he had aflembled for that purpofe,enjoy ii'd for the faid per- jury and homicide, to performFaftings.Prayers, and Alms Deeds; and be- ing on his fincere Rcpcntance,received again in the Chrillian Communion, he granted and quitclaimed to the Abbics of Catoc, i/</«/, and Doc««, and to the Cathedral Church of Landaff, divers Liberties and Immunities.
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Alien Priories, of Benedidines.
T/;^. Such Monafteries here in Biglmd as dfd belong to certain 5'47- greater and elder Monafteries cf the fame Order beyond the Seas, and were fubjed to, and did depend on the fame ; and had the nartie ofCells.
D S R E H U a S T, //; (15l0UCeCec{l)ice, a Cell to St. Denis in France:
HE B. E was an old A bb} deftroy d by die Danes. But j^tcr the Nor- man Conqueft, m the year 1069. King Willkm the Conqueror endow'd her- a new Priory and made it a Cell to St. Denis in France : orrathcr coiifinTi'd what King tVu-'dfri the Confeflbr had done before. 54^. King Henry the .Vl. in tlie twenty firH year of his Reign made this Priory Ittdigefia.
O T E R Y,^ in ©dJOJlfljlW, a. Cell to St. MaryV at Roan. 549:
THIS -Priory was given to the Church of St. Mary at Roan hy King F^ttWi/ the Confeflbr in J:he year ro6o. In the 8. Edw. 3. tiie Dean and Chapter of. St. Mary's at Roan, by the King's Licenfe, granted their Mannor of 0/erv, and Advowfon of .the Church there, to John de -^^ Grdndifon Bi(hop of Exeter, who in the eleventh year of that King founded here a CoUedge of Secular Canons.
L E. V I S H A M, in ^feetttj a Cell to St. Peter j at Gaunt, in Flanders.
RI N G Henry the I. in the thirteenth year of his Reign confirm'd to the Abbot and Monks o^ St. Peters o[Gant, the Mannor ci Levs- Jham and Grecmvich,&[c. with divers Liberties, tormerly granted by King Edivard and Kinp; WilUum his Father. fid. Vol. z. p. 890.
5/.MlCHAELS^/ the MOUNT, i« CojnUJaH, aCell to St.Ui- „, chael, i« Normandy. 55t«
Robert Earl of Morton gave St. Michaels Mount, in Cornwall, to God and the Monks of the Church of St. Michael de ftriculo Maris, in Nflrf»ancly, Anno Dom. loS^. Fid. z. Vol. t>. 902.
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M E R-S E Y, in CfejC. a Cellm St. Owens at Rcsn.
IT was found by Inquifition 4 E. 3. that theMannovs o( Me rfej Fyngrm-- ho and Veet, and' half the hundred oflVene/lr, in the County ofEjfex, were given to the Abby of St. Owens, in NorrmrJj, by Sr. Edward ihe ConfelTor, and confirm'd by King William., and King A^^»rj the 11.
A N D E V E R, i» ipailtpHnte, a Cell to St. Florence ^if- Sauraurs.
KIN G William the Conqueror (or as the Words of the Deed are, Willielmus Rex qui armis Anglicam teniim fihifuhJHgnvJt) gave to Sr. Jriore^'Ce, the Church of /^W^x-fr, with divers Lands and Revenues to the fame Church belonging : Confirm'd by K^ng Eelivard the I!, in the eighth year of his Reign.
B LI T H Triory, in SdnAtVa^mMu, a Cell to St. Catherines at Rohan,
ANnoHom. 1088, Roger de Builly and Muriel his Wife founded and endowed this Houle with Lands and great Liberties. All which was afterwards confirm.'d to the Monks here by King f/enry the II. and by Idjf;ea ie Feteri f>ot!te Daughter and Heir of John de BiiHei, By her Deed dated 1251. King John in the fecond year of his Reign gave the Chapel- ry oi Ely th, and divers other Churches and Lands to St. Mary^s at R»haa.
5SS' C O V E N H A M, i« )liftCOlnQ)itC. a Cell o/5f,Kari!eph, ia le Maine
in France.
KING W^i//i4»j the Conqueror y^»«<j 1082. gave this Town fltuated in that part o{ Lincoln (h re, called Lyndfey to God and Sr. Kartleph. ■ix.Edw. I- A Writ of Quod Damnum wz-i executed at Lincoln, in order to an <iUenation. of this Cell, from f he Abbot and Covent oi St.Karileph in . the Diocefs of Mans, to the Abbot and Covenf of Kirl^ftede here ' in England.
ABERGAVENNY, /« ^OnmoUtl^Cb^W a CdlofSt. Vincents
in Maine,
THIS Priory was founded by Bamelinus who came into England! with the Conqueror, and died in the Reign of King William Rufus. William de Brewofa^ and others of the founders Linage were Benefaftors. Fid. z. Fol. p. 904.
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w o T T o N-w A V E N, /« uUsttoicfcCbite.
ROlert de Toenio gave this Eflate to the Monks of St. Peter at Con- chis, in tJoma»dy -, on whom King Henry the I. conferred great Priviledges.
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F O L K. E S T O N, /;/ ^itli a ^ell to the Ally of Lolley in. Normandy.
NItielhi de Munevilk, An 109;. ^ave thisChurch of Folkjlon to Ba- ^Cq^ ''nulph then Abbot ot the Ciiurcli of St. Mar)i de Lonlcyo, and to the Monks there, in pure and perpetual Alms. \Ahich, wirh divers ethcr Lands and R.evenues, was coniirm'd to them by William de Alrincis Lord of Folkejlon, v;ho defcended Irom the faid Ntgellus.
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K I R K B Y, in aaaciWlCKOjijCj a Cell of St. Nicholas in Anjou. ^g^^
l^no 1077. Gosfredus de fVirchia ^^ve to God and the Monaftery of ^ j^ St. Nicholas in Anjott, Lands in Kirkby with other Lands and Pof- Icliiuns elfewhere 5 from whom defcended Roger de Mullraio, who gave to the Church of St. NicWtfj of /'/r-^% the. Ctmrch oi Newlold. After- ^6^. wards Thomas Earl of Nottingham having founded a Houfe of Carthufiutis at Epworth in the Ifle of Axholrhe^ the Abbot o[ St. Nicholas at Anjou was prevailed with to aflign his Effate in Monks-Kirklj, Newlold, Sec. to the faid Houfe ofCarthttJiarts, which w'as confirm'd by King Henry the V. in the third year of his R.eign.
The priory of the Holy Trinity at |0OjK, a Cell to * Majus-Monafterium in * Mamonfticr
trance. '° Tmrm.
RAdulphus Paganelltis gave the Church of the holy Trinity at Tork to the Monks of St, Martin in the Maius-Monaflery^ with divers other 5:64. Poiicilions. It was found by Inquifition taken atTor/^ 34. Ediv.i. That the 565-. Heirs of the Founder claim'd no right in the Temporals of this Priory upon the death of any Prior, but only to place a Porter to fee that the Goods of the Priory be not ftollcn during the Vacation, and that upon the arri- val of a new Prior from the Abbot oi Majus ryiomjlerium, he did ufe to enter upon the Pofleflion of his Office, without fealty or other duty to the Patron.
H E D L A Y, /» ^OJfenjite, a Cell to the Holy Trinity at York.
fpolitus de Bram gave to God and St. Mary of Hedlay and the Monks there certain Lands in Midelton. AH which was confirm'd to the Prior and Convent of the Trimty at Xork,, and to their Cell zxHidlay^ by Peter dc Midleton, in the year 1290.
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565. L A N C A S T E R, <j Cell to St. Martins at Seesih France.
Roger Earl of Poidlien gave the Church of St. Mar_^ at Lanc^fler with divers Lands and Revenues to the MonaRery of ^t. Martm. A[\ -y6-/. which \\'a,s confirm'd by John Earl of /Jfo/-/c« 5 and by Kw^ Richard
the II. ^■63, ^«. 1x46. John Romaniis Archdeacon of Richmond, appropriated the
Church of £«i;ya{/?f/' and Chappeis thereunto belonging to this Priory, referving twenty Marks per Amum for a Vicar prelcatative.
5 5p. O T T E R Y, i« 3©gljOtin(J)ite, a Cell to the Ahbj of St. Michael pericul.
mar, in Normandy.
Tfil S Prjory vc^as founded by King '^ohn for four Monks and endow 'd with Lands of 100/. \z\\xtfer Annum. Thcfe Monks v,ere to di- ftribute to