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A History of the County of Warwick
… or Wolston, pertaining to the Benedictine abbey of St. Pierre-sur-Dive, in the diocese of Ses, was founded soon … its tithes and a hide of land. 2 In 1226 the abbot and convent of St. Pierresur-Dive granted the church (rectory) of … of Wolston to have custody of his cell during the king's pleasure whilst the war should last. When Edward III came …
A History of the County of Warwick
… grants were confirmed by Nicholas de Stafford, the founder's son, temp. Henry I, and by Robert de Stafford his grandson, … of Wootton, deposed that on Friday after the feast of St. Matthew, at the hour of evensong, he was fetched by … to render 3 s. rent and aid in the autumn. The abbot and convent of Conches, through John Barket, their monk and …
A History of the County of Essex
… favourable wind. 1 Prayers were offered up at the abbey of St. Valery, and at last the monks brought out in solemn … amounted at the time of the Taxation in 1291 to 49 7 s. 5 d. yearly, the greater part being fairly evenly … reign. 16 The priory was eventually sold by the abbot and convent to William of Wykeham for the two colleges founded by …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… Longville was founded by Walter Giffard as a cell to St. Faith's at Longueville near Rouen. The lands in Buckinghamshire … the history of this house; it was immediately subject to St. Faith's, and exempt from episcopal jurisdiction. In 1277 …
A History of the County of Northampton
… 48. THE PRIORY OF WEEDON BECK The celebrated abbey of St. Mary of BecHellouin, in the diocese of Rouen, was founded … justiciar found, however, that the heavy fine of 66 13 s. 4 d. had been already paid by the monks to Hugh de Nevill, … years later. By deed dated 30 May, 1392, the abbot and convent of St. Lucien conveyed to the abbot and convent of …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… gave the manor of Beckford-with-Ashton to the monastery of St. Barbe-en-Auge in Normandy, 1 which had been founded as a … were sent over to occupy the cell. 3 In 1247 the abbot and convent of Cormeilles let the parish church of Beckford with … however, the custody was granted first to one of the king's clerks in 1379 for a rent of 100 marks a year, 11 and in …
A History of the County of Lincoln
… during the reign of John to the Benedictine priory of St. Fromund, Normandy; they had previously belonged to the prior and convent of Merton. 1 The value of the house was very small … the London Charterhouse. As this was done without the king's consent, the grant was disregarded, and the priory was …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… of Brimpsfield was a cell of the Benedictine monastery of St. Wandrille in Normandy. 1 Although no exact information … of Brimpsfield and a small grant of land to the abbot and convent of St. Wandrille. 2 The abbot and convent of St. … of a ferm to the exchequer, but remained in the king's hands. 4 The manor was very small, and in an extent of 1293 …
A History of the County of Lincoln
… Adeliza herself placed the deed of gift on the altar of St. Saviour in the conventual church, on behalf of herself … again when the prior pleaded that he was born of the king's allegiance, and no alien. 9 There was at that time … In 1347 he pleaded for the remission of a charge of 60 s. on the ground that he belonged to the duchy of Aquitaine, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Oxford some thirty years earlier: the same patron saint, St. George, was chosen, 4 and the method of endowment was the … away for small annual sums, and produced but little. Thus St. Frideswide's, Oxford, paid 2 s. for the tithe at Fritwell; 5 Oseney 10 …