Prebendaries: North Curry

Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 7, Bath and Wells. Originally published by Institute of Historical Research, London, 2001.

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'Prebendaries: North Curry', in Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 7, Bath and Wells, (London, 2001) pp. 64-65. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1066-1300/vol7/pp64-65 [accessed 19 March 2024]

LIST 49 PREBENDARIES OF NORTH CURRY

PREBEND

North Curry (Som.): royal manor in 1086 (earl Harold's TRE), church with 3 hides held by bp. Maurice of London (DB I 86d).

South Petherton (Som.): royal manor TRE and in 1086 (ibid. 86b), church with one hide held by Ælfgeat pr. (ibid. 91c).

Churches of North Curry and South Petherton gr. by kg. Stephen to church of Wells and bp. Robert ad faciendum prebendas, 1143 × 54 (Regesta III no. 924); conf. by abp. Theobald 1150 × 54 (A. Saltman, Theobald, Archbishop of Canterbury (1956) no. 272).

Church of South Petherton gr. by bp. Reginald to Bruton priory c. 1181 × 3 July 1183, conf. by kg. Henry II (EEA X no. 91).

Manor and church of North Curry gr. to communa by kg. Richard I and John count of Mortain 27 Nov. 1189 (Cal. Ch. Rolls V 180; Cal. I 6, 7, 8, 309, II 548 (no. 11), 549 (no. 14)); conf. by bp. Reginald 27 Nov. 1189 × 27 Nov. 1191 (EEA X no. 154) and by bp. Savaric Lent 1195 × 1198 (ibid. no. 245). Manor of North Curry conf. by pope 5 June 1190 (PUE II no. 256). Conf. by kg. 30 Sept. 1199 (Cartae Antiquae I, ed. L. Landon (PRS n.s. xvii, 1838) no. 61 = Cal. II 549 (no. 15); cf. Rot. de Obl. et Fin. p. 30), 10 Sept. 1205 (Cal. I 158b = ibid. pp. 6-7). Manor and church said to have been hitherto in possession of chapter, gr. by bp. Jocelin to communa, 30 Sept. 1239 (ibid. pp. 31-2). Still chapter 13 Aug. 1246 (ibid. p. 306), 5 Jan. 1247 (ibid. p. 78), 1263 (ibid. II 565 (no. 91), 17 Oct. 1281 (ibid. I 149), conf. by Edward III 12 Oct. 1339 (ibid. p. 497). Manor at joint use of resident cans. 1295 (ibid. p. 162).

Valuation 1291 preb. £1, communa £36 13s 4d (Taxatio p. 200a).

PREBENDARIES

First identified preb. is Thomas de Beauford, who had royal gr. Apr. 1349 (2 Fasti VIII 59).