LIST 39 PREBENDARIES OF LODERS
PREBEND
Church of Loders and chapel of Bradpole (Dorset), which were already in
possession of Norman abbey of Montebourg and its dependent priory of
Loders, created preb. by bp. Herbert Poore 1213 × Jan. 1215 (Cart. Loders no.
30, also pd. from a text lacking witnesses, RSO I 225-6), soon after surrender
by abbey to bp. and cath. of churches of Powerstock and Fleet 1213/14
(IV/E.3/Powerstock/6, original ch., pd. RSO I 224-5 from RSO MS copy; cf.
Sar. Chs. pp. 79-80). Abbots of Montebourg became cans. of cath., required to
provide a vicar in pr.'s orders (RSO I 226, also pd. Cart. Loders no. 30).
Preb. added to Psalter list. Papal confs. 15 March 1218 (Cart. Loders no. 33),
6 March 1260 (ibid. no. 39, also pd. Reg. Alex. IV no. 3106, cal. CPL I 371),
16 Apr. 1260 (Cart. Loders nos. 34-6). Conf. by bp. 21 Dec. 1239 (ibid. no.
41). Letters of dean and chapter of Salisbury concerning preb., 16 June 1253
(ibid. nos. 31-2).
Tenements in Salisbury close said to belong to preb. (J. Hutchins, History
and Antiquities... of Dorset (1863) II 312, but ch. cited does not contain this
information, Mon. Ang. VI (2) 1098).
For the priory of Loders, see M. M. C. Calthrop in VCH Dorset II 116-18.
Pr.-preb.; cantoris side; term of residence c. 1270: Apr.-June.
Valuations
1220s 20m.; 1226 20m.; c. 1284 20m.; 1291 £20
For valuation 1203-4, see Rotuli Normanniae, ed. T. D. Hardy (Rec. Comm.,
1835), I 124: £33 unstocked, £40 with stock.
PREBENDARIES
The prebendaries of Loders were the abbots of Montebourg, whose proctors
in England were the priors of Loders. For a list of the latter, see VCH Dorset
II 118, and Heads of Relig. Houses p. 105.
ABBOTS OF MONTEBOURG
Roger
Occ. 1213/14 (RSO I 224-5) and c. 1223 (A. Teulet, Layette du trésor des
chartes II (Paris, 1866) no. 1626). Commem. 27 Oct. (Montebourg obit., Rec.
Hist. France XXIII 555).
Baldwin de Longueil
Said to occ. 1242 and 1248, and to have d. 6 June (GC XI 928).
Peter de Crientiis (fn. 1)
Prior of Loders, first occ. 1246, last 1263 (Cart. Loders nos. 84, 45). Said
to occ. as abbot 1274 (GC XI 928). Commem. 11 July (Montebourg obit. p.
555).
Thomas Leonard
Said to occ. 1265 (GC XI 928). Commem. 3 Feb. (Montebourg obit. p.
554).
Richard
Said to occ. Aug. 1280, July 1284, Feb. 1285, 1288, Sept. 1294 (GC XI
928). Commem. 2 Oct. (Montebourg obit. p. 555).
Baldwin
Said to occ. 1295 (GC XI 928). Commem. 7 May (Montebourg obit. p.
554).
Peter Dorée
Said to occ. 1311 (GC XI 928). Commem. 3 Sept. (Montebourg obit. p.
555).