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A History of the County of Gloucester
… Alien houses The priory of Deerhurst 17. THE PRIORY OF DEERHURST The origin and early … were subsequently presented, instituted, and recalled. The bishops exercised the right of visitation in the church of … The cell was surrendered as part of the possessions of the abbey of Tewkesbury on 9 January, 1540. 40 Priors of …
A History of the County of Norfolk
… Alien houses The priory of Docking ALIEN HOUSES 116. THE PRIORY OF DOCKING 1 The endowment charter of Eton College mentions … priory of Docking. It was a small cell of the Benedictine abbey of Ivry in France, to which house the church was …
A History of the County of Northampton
… Alien houses The priory of Everdon ALIEN HOUSES 47. THE PRIORY OF EVERDON Soon after … Norman occupation the manor of Everdon was bestowed on the abbey of St. Mary of Bernay (Eure, Normandy) in the diocese … which was the chief English cell of the Benedictine abbey of Bernay. 3 In the reign of Henry II. the monks of …
A History of the County of Kent
… Alien houses The priory of Folkestone ALIEN HOUSES 70. THE PRIORY OF FOLKESTONE … describing it as the place where there was formerly an abbey of nuns, and where St. Eanswith was buried, and adding … with various other possessions, to the Benedictine abbey of Lonlay in France, thus founding a new monastery. …
A History of the County of Dorset
… Alien houses The priory of Frampton ALIEN HOUSES 33. THE PRIORY OF FRAMPTON The … Dorset was held by the church of St. Stephen, the Norman abbey of Caen founded by William the Conqueror 'for the weal … by their superiors, the abbot of Caen or his proxy, to the bishops of Salisbury for institution, letters being …
A History of the County of Lincoln
… Alien houses The priory of Great Limber 119. THE PRIORY OF GREAT LIMBER The manor and … of Normandy, and Agnes his wife, to the Cistercian abbey of Aunay in Normandy, and their charter was confirmed … that two monks should always be received into the abbey for the special purpose of celebrating divine service …
A History of the County of Lincoln
… Alien houses The priory of Haugham 115. THE PRIORY OF HAUGHAM The priory of Haugham was built upon land granted … were, however, regularly appointed and admitted by the bishops of Lincoln until 1329, when the wars with France …
A History of the County of Norfolk
… Alien houses The priory of Horstead 118. THE PRIORY OF HORSTEAD 1 William Rufus granted the manor of Horstead to the nuns of the abbey of the Holy Trinity, Caen, which had been founded by …
A History of the County of Lincoln
… Alien houses The priory of Hough 121. THE PRIORY OF HOUGH The manor on which the … Hough was afterwards built was granted by Henry I to his abbey of St. Mary de Voto at Cherbourg, for Austin canons. The parent abbey itself at its foundation contained only an abbot and …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Alien houses The priory of Lapley 40. THE PRIORY OF LAPLEY In 1061 Burchard, son of … Burchard expressed a wish to be buried in the Benedictine abbey of St. Remy at Rheims and promised that land should be given to the abbey on his behalf. Very soon after his son's death Earl …