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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… A Benedictine priory was founded here as a cell to the abbey of Conches, in Normandy, to which abbey the parish church and some neighbouring lands had been …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… claimed as part of the foundation endowment of Lavendon Abbey (Bucks) in a royal confirmation of 1227 ( Mon Angl 6, … 11558 (Knowles and Hadcock 1971, 190). However, since the abbey was not able to prove posession at law in 1231, doubt … to the date of the foundation charter and that the abbey's claim to possession was invalid (Maitland 1887, no. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and Wootton. At Dunthrop and Showell, properties of Bruern abbey, Cistercian sheep farming seems to have been a cause, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… its early minster church succeeded in 1005 by Eynsham abbey, which remained a dominant influence in the west of the area throughout the Middle Ages. Godstow abbey was established in the south of the hundred in the 12th … some distinguished houses in the 18th century. Of Eynsham abbey only fragments survive but of Godstow abbey more was …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… parish which, because it was later an endowment of Battle abbey (Suss.), may also have been the king's in 1086. Neither … district in 1974. 29 CHURCH. A church belonging to the abbey of Mont St. Michel (Manche) stood at Wootton Rivers in … Wootton Rivers church was served by a rector, and the abbey was entitled to a pension from its revenues. 31 In 1991 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… seats of several noblemen, amongst which are, Welbeck Abbey the seat 'of the Duke of Portland; Clumber, the mansion …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Oxford
… an earlier establishment founded as a cell of Gloucester Abbey and from this the college took its name. The site was … the arch are three shields-of-arms (a) probably Winchcomb Abbey, (b) St. Alban's Abbey, and (c) Ramsey Abbey. The S. Range of Camerae forms …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… 52 A great wood, called Room wood, longid to this abbey." "Wyrkesop is called in some old writings Radeford. … about the middle of the present century; as was also the Abbey gate-house. That which is called the church now …
A History of the County of Essex
… it to the abbot and convent of Waltham Holy Cross. 47 The abbey was dissolved in 1540 but Henry granted Wormingford …
A History of the County of Essex
… escheated to the Crown, and in 1531 was granted to Waltham abbey. At the Dissolution the manor reverted to the Crown, … park south of the hall. 40 In the 12th century St. John's abbey, Col- chester, was given small amounts of land in … Gernon, and Robert, son of William of Horkesley. 41 The abbey held land adjoining Gernons in 1324. 42 The rectory, …