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A History of the County of Norfolk
… Alien houses The priory of Sporle 120. THE PRIORY OF SPORLE This small alien priory … early in the twelfth century as a cell of the Benedictine abbey of St. Florent, Saumur, in the diocese of Angers, and … II, by bull of 18 February, 1123, confirmed to the abbey of St. Florent, among other English possessions, the …
A History of the County of Norfolk
… Alien houses The priory of St Winwalloe, Wereham 123. THE PRIORY OF ST. WINWALOE, … in the sixth century, and whose body was enshrined in the abbey of Monsterol in the diocese of Amiens, France. Of that abbey the priory of St. Winwaloe was a cell. The earliest …
A History of the County of Kent
… Alien houses The priory of Throwley 74. THE PRIORY OF THROWLEY The alien priory of Throwley, a cell to the abbey of St. Bertin at St. Omer in France, was founded about … then claimed it; but Pope Alexander III ordered the bishops of Exeter and Worcester to hear the case, and it was …
A History of the County of Norfolk
… Alien houses The priory of Toft Monks 121. THE PRIORY OF TOFT MONKS 1 Robert de … in Normandy, and of Leicester in England, granted to the abbey of Praux in Normandy, in the time of William Rufus, the … of confirmation of their English possessions to the abbey of Praux, including the gift of Roger de Bellomonte of …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Alien houses The priory of Tutbury ALIEN HOUSES 39. THE PRIORY OF TUTBURY On the … of Tutbury Priory, a dependency of the Benedictine abbey of St. Pierresur-Dives in Normandy, is generally … of Archbishops Theobald, Becket, and Richard to the bishops and archdeacons concerned, ordering them to support …
A History of the County of Dorset
… Alien houses The priory of Wareham 37. THE PRIORY OF WAREHAM An ancient monastery, … 133 After the Conquest a priory or cell to the Norman abbey of Lire, founded by William Fitz Osborn, kinsman and … with the churches and lands in Wareham granted to the abbey by Robert earl of Leicester. A charter in the register …
A History of the County of Norfolk
… Alien houses The priory of Welle or Well Hall in Gayton 122. THE PRIORY OF WELLE OR … and the advowson of the church of St. Nicholas on the abbey of St. Stephen, Caen. The abbey established here a small priory or cell of Benedictine …
A History of the County of Lincoln
… Alien houses The priory of Wenghale 118. THE PRIORY OF WENGHALE The date of the foundation and the name of the … in Owersby of the Earl of Mortain. It was a cell of the abbey of Ses in Normandy, for Benedictine monks, and the …
A History of the County of Lincoln
… Alien houses The priory of West Ravendale 123. THE PRIORY OF WEST RAVENDALE The priory of West Ravendale is said to … gave the manor and church in 1202 to the Premonstratensian abbey of Beauport in Brittany. 1 There was a prior here in …
A History of the County of Lincoln
… Alien houses The priory of Willoughton 116. THE PRIORY OF WILLOUGHTON The manor and the moiety of the church of … were granted by the Empress Maud to the Benedictine Abbey of St. Nicholas, Angers, 1 and the priory was probably …