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Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… of Pembroc, her husband, to be discharged. Bequests to the Abbess and Sisters of Deneye; to Emma de Biauchamp, Abbess of Brusierd, 4 and house of the same, the Sisters …
Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… of the collegiate chapel near the Guildhall. To the Abbess and Convent of S. Clare of the Minoresses without …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… and land in Amesbury and Lake all said to be held of 'the abbess' but by what service was not knownto Sir John …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… it the thirteen sisters of the priory, adding to them an abbess and twelve nuns; his successors were great benefactors … its revenue. Edgar's natural daughter, Editha, was abbess, and, after her death, being canonized, became its … Henry I., was also brought up in it, under her aunt, the abbess Christina. Early in the tenth century, Wilton became …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… 1348 until 1382 they were made by the king, first for the Abbess of Wilton (1361), then for the heirs of Roger Bavant … by Dartford, except in 1464, when they were made by the Abbess of Wilton, and in 1498 when the last presentation was … 17 The church of St. Mary was in the patronage of the Abbess of Wilton, and institutions were recorded from 1345 …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Walter Gray, was leasing the mill at Quidhampton from the Abbess of Wilton, 3 and possibly after the destruction of the … of the abbey the sheep and pasture rights of the abbess and her community passed as a rule into local hands. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… rights of the earliest of the Wilton fairs belonged to the Abbess of Wilton although the lord of the borough had certain … it was prolonged that year by eight days. 19 In 12889 the abbess claimed the fair as her own, and it was said to last … ninth hour of St. Matthew's Day (21 Sept.) only. 21 The abbess held her own court of piepowder. 22 At the end of the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… to election to this office, and the 38 names included the Abbess of Wilton, the Rector of 'Staunton', the Prior of … on St. Andrew's day by 46 burgesses, as well as by the Abbess of Wilton, the Rectors of the churches of St. Michael, … dispute between the lord, the burgesses, and the Abbess of Wilton in the reign of Edward I, concerning their …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… of St. Edith in Wilton Abbey, and the female figure is an abbess: E. H. Goddard, 'Notes on Corporation Plate and …