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A History of the County of Sussex
… and Chichester, gave the manor of Runcton to the Norman abbey of Troarn, some time before 1086, and several of his … and bestowed lands and tithes in West Sussex upon the same abbey, which had further obtained the church of St. Cyriac in … by John Sturmy conferring lands near Chichester upon the abbey, with reservation of the services therefrom to the …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… of Newport, Isle of Wight, was a cell of the Benedictine abbey of Tiron. It was founded about 1120. On 30 May, 1147, a … the church of the Holy Cross in the Isle of Wight to the abbey of Tiron, and again a bull of about the time of Pope …
A History of the County of Suffolk
… tribute of any kind whatever was to be paid to any foreign abbey. 13 The independent position secured for this priory …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… I to Alan of Brittany, who granted to the Benedictine Abbey of SS. Sergius and Bacchus at Angers the church of … of Abbot Walter of SS. Sergius and Bacchus gave to his abbey the piece of land before the gate of Swavesey Priory, … to sovereignty in Anjou severed a link between the Angevin abbey and its English cell and increased the difficulty of …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… together with 2 hides there, was held by the Norman abbey of St. Wandrille de Fontenelle (Seine-Infrieure). That abbey of black monks, established near Caudebec on the Seine … Guncard, who had become a monk there. 1 By 1141 the abbey held churches in five counties, 2 and it was probably …
A History of the County of Warwick
… in Warmington, except the hamlets, to the Benedictine abbey of St. Peter, Praux, in the diocese of Lisieux. The … of that of Toft Monks, Norfolk, which also belonged to the abbey of Praux. 4 An extent of 1380 gave the annual value of …
A History of the County of Sussex
… of Mortain, proved himself a munificent benefactor to the abbey founded by his father at Grestein in Normandy, and not … given by his wife the Countess Maud, constituted the abbey's holding in Sussex at the time of the Domesday Survey. … of Pevensey. All these gifts were confirmed to the abbey by Richard I in 1189. 2 There can be little doubt that …
A History of the County of Warwick
… of Wolfricheston or Wolston, pertaining to the Benedictine abbey of St. Pierre-sur-Dive, in the diocese of Ses, was … of its foundation; 1 but the original archives of the abbey have been searched by Mr. Round with the result that … francs in good gold of French coin. In this covenant the abbey set forth that by reason of the wars and distance of …
A History of the County of Warwick
… together with a hide at Doversele, to the Benedictine abbey of Conches, Normandy, which had been founded by his … established here by the founder. Henry I granted to the abbey of Conches that all men on their English lands were to … which remained in the gift of the priory of Wootton or the abbey of Conches until it was made over to King's College, …
A History of the County of Essex
… for a favourable wind. 1 Prayers were offered up at the abbey of St. Valery, and at last the monks brought out in … and there can be no doubt that the grants made to the abbey in England, whether by the Conqueror or others, were … have been between 1066 and 1086. The lands held by the abbey in Essex at the time of the Domesday Survey have …