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A History of the County of Surrey
… PRIORY OF TOOTING 1 The name of Tooting Beck or Tooting Bec still preserves the former association of a part of this town with the great Benedictine abbey of Bec in Normandy. A certain part of Upper Tooting, in the parish of Streatham, was given to the abbey of Bec in the life of the Conqueror by Richard de Tonebridge, …
A History of the County of Suffolk
… the manor of Blakenham to the great Benedictine abbey of Bec in the reign of William Rufus. 1 As this was an estate of … given to the prior of Ruislip as representing the abbey of Bec. 2 Subsequently this manor was under the control of the … the chief representative and proctor of the abbot of Bec. The taxation of 1291 names a portion of 40 s. out of the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… St. Andrew was given for the wardrobe of the monks of Bec in 1107-33 by Brian FitzCount and Maud of Wallingford; a … hold in his custody the English lands and possessions of Bec. 4 There were for a time two administrative centres, and … attached to one of the other English dependencies of Bec. 5 The property included 24 manors scattered from Norfolk …
A History of the County of Suffolk
… Gilbert de Clare, in 1090, to the Benedictine monastery of Bec in Normandy, of which it became a cell, and thus remained … authorized by Pope Boniface IX to act for the abbot of Bec in the case of dependent English houses, presented …
A History of the County of Northampton
… in the diocese of Rouen, was founded in 1034 by Hellouin or Herlewin, who became its first abbot. He had for … gave a moiety of the manor of Weedon to the abbey of Bec, a gift which was confirmed amongst many others by a … the whole of Weedon was acquired by the abbot and monks of Bec-Hellouin, and hence became distinguished as Weedon-Beck, …
A History of the County of Norfolk
… of William Rufus by Gerard de Gurney to the great abbey of Bec in Normandy. The small priory of Lessingham became … Priory, Wiltshire, which was the chief English cell of Bec. In 1286 the abbot of Bec was successful, by pleading the confirmation charter of …
A History of the County of Dorset
… the isle of Purbeck, was granted to the abbot and monks of Bec-Hellouin in Normandy by Robert Fitz Gerold, 91 a Norman who … year 1205 the manor of Povington belonging to the abbot of Bec was valued at 100 s. unstocked, and at double that amount …
A History of the County of Lincoln
… presented the manor on which it was built to the abbey of Bec Herlouin during the reign of Stephen. 1 Like nearly all … pardoned his arrears for two years. It was not a monk of Bec who was in charge at this time, but one who had been …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… the manor was granted by that king to the great abbey of Bec, Normandy. 1 In 1294 the king caused a complete survey to … was in the hands of the prior on behalf of the abbey of Bec, Edward I, in consequence of the wars with France, took … the latter part of the reign of Edward III, the abbey of Bec was allowed to sell the valuable manor and impropriated …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… site of an Alien Priory that was a cell of the abbey of Bec, is an oval moat, surrounding an area of 350 ft. by 200 …