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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 … wars with France it became so unprofitable to the prior of St. Fromund that he granted it to 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 … and a small grant of land to the abbot and convent of St. Wandrille. 2 The abbot and convent of St. Wandrille sent … 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 …
A History of the County of Lincoln
… 1082 by William the Conqueror to the abbot and convent of St. Carileph, Le Mans, at the request of the bishop of … the cell had become so far unprofitable to the abbey of St. Carileph that licence was sought from the king to sell it …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Deerhurst. 3 The monastery was rebuilt in or before 970. St. Alphege in his youth was a monk of the house, and was … 5 and that under him the strict observance of the rule of St. Benedict was introduced into the monastery. Fervour and … house during the wars with France. The effect of the king's action was that the prior and convent held their lands of …
A History of the County of Northampton
… the manor of Everdon was bestowed on the abbey of St. Mary of Bernay (Eure, Normandy) in the diocese of … a year in the hundred court of Fawsley and rendered 4 s. annually to the king. 5 At the time of the Quo Warranto … hold a court leet, in return for the yearly payment of 4 s. to the crown. He also claimed waifs on the manor, but the …
A History of the County of Kent
… here for his daughter Eanswith a monastery dedicated to St. Peter. Nothing is known of the history of this house, but … place where there was formerly an abbey of nuns, and where St. Eanswith was buried, and adding that it had been … seas. 5 Folkestone, being alien, was taken into the king's hands during the war with France, but generally granted at …
A History of the County of Dorset
… the manor of Frampton in Dorset was held by the church of St. Stephen, the Norman abbey of Caen founded by William the … the gift of his queen Matilda, the whole being worth 40 s. 2 Henry II, confirming to the monks of Caen the gifts of … 1172-84, confirming to the abbot and convent of St. Stephen's all their possessions in the province of …
A History of the County of Lincoln
… were sold by the abbot of Aunay in 1393 to the priory of St. Anne at Coventry. 3 Round, Cal. of Doc. France, i, 185. …