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A History of the County of Sussex
… in about ten parishes it was never anything but a small house and a poor one. The priory would seem to have got … of sheaves, fleeces, and lambs from the canons of this house, as they were so slenderly endowed that their lands did … and sent to do penance at Shulbred, the prior of which house reported that he was behaving well and obediently; the …
A History of the County of Sussex
… of all reprises, 72 15 s. 10 d. clear. The history of the house begins in 1263 with a complaint 3 made by Godfrey … indicate a certain laxity of rule. In 1519 this obscure house was honoured by the appointment as prior of John Young, … brought against the canons in the same letter. When the house was finally dissolved in 1536 the prior received an …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 1252 to found a chapel at Kilhouse dyke, 7 and by 1279 a house in Cambridge had also been sold, 8 but the prior of … in place of their Founders, as appears there to this day'. 26 These dissensions about the patronage seem to have … investigation by the Prior of Anglesey, stating that both day and night hours were sung at Spinney, but maintained with …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Priory of Tortington 14. THE PRIORY OF TORTINGTON 1 This house of Austin canons was founded in honour of St. Mary … was also mentioned that 'Faith Lucas has the office called Day, and makes cheese and butter and comes to the house … of Tortington, late prior of Shulbrede, on 21st June, one day before I received your letter. It was copied out of a …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… monasteries, including Wombridge casually as a local house. John and Hamo Lestrange, who gave pasture rights and … capable of acting speedily in a vacancy: on 6 October, the day after the burial of the last prior, they met and appointed a day for election and on 14 October they unanimously elected …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… he was accused of being a drunkard, to the damage of the house and the scandal of many. He was negligent and remiss in … with having spent a great part of the substance of the house on his kinsfolk; with alienating the silver vessels and … daily with devotion, and whether a chapter was held each day. He might only enter the house with one monk and one …
A History of the County of Oxford
… but at last one gave evidence, which showed that the house could not well be in a worse state. After dinner none … but by arrangement were returned to the monastery for the day of the visitation. One of the canons had a bird, ' … was postponed until the Wednesday after All Saints' Day, nearly six months later. 19 In 1455 when the next abbot …
A History of the County of Somerset
… at Keynsham, on the south side of the River Avon, a house of Austin Canons soon after 1166, the year in which his … discipline of St. Victor, so that the head of this house is always called the abbot, and the house known as the … abbey gates. They were not shut at the fixed hours of the day. The ornaments of the church and the treasures of the …