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A History of the County of Kent
… OF CISTERCIAN MONKS 15. THE ABBEY OF BOXLEY The abbey of St. Mary, Boxley, was founded, according to Manrique, 1 on 28 … s. 4 d. in Yarmouth, making a total of £,75 15 s. 5 d. The church of Stoke was appropriated to it by Richard, bishop of … abbey of Dunes in Flanders land and the advowson of the church of Eastchurch in Sheppey, and to appropriate the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… we learn that the original name of the abbey was 'the church of St. Mary of the heath of Tretone ( de brueria Tretonie),' 5 … of his manors of Treton and Nethercote, together with the church of Treton. 6 From that time the name of Treton and the …
A History of the County of Cumberland
… the south-west of the county, not far from the priory of St. Bees. It was an affiliation of the neighbouring monastery … gates had submitted themselves and their successors to the church of Savigny and were settled elsewhere with no … as the monks had departed from his house and the church of Savigny had unjustly obtained their allegiance. …
A History of the County of Chester
… COMBERMERE The Savignac abbey at Combermere, dedicated to St. Mary and St. Michael, was founded in 1133 1 by Hugh … and Alstonfield in Staffordshire and the neighbouring church of Acton with its chapel of Nantwich; also a quarter … Wilkesley and also gave land in Ightfield and half of the church there, a grant only partially effective. 14 Gilbert de …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Dove, and the house was styled the abbey of the Vale of St. Mary of Croxden. The site ( locus) was not dedicated … century; members of both families were buried in the abbey church. 5 During the 13th century the abbey's possessions … monks a pasture on Morridge to the east of Leek. 12 Tugby church was appropriated to the abbey by the Bishop of Lincoln …
A History of the County of Stafford
… a Cistercian abbey on the site of the former chapel of St. Mary the Virgin there, providing it with buildings and … established Wednesday market and eight-day fair; the church of Leek with its chapels; land at Wetwood and … Roger de Sandbach. 6 In 1256 the bishop appropriated the church to Dieulacres subject to the ordination of a vicarage …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Philip de Burci gave all his land at Ragel to William de St. Leger in perpetuity at a fee farm rent of 2 s. 12 As his … for on several occasions the king granted oaks for the church and buildings of the abbey. 23 In 1277 Edward I … servants. The house itself was in ruin and decay, and the church had been destroyed by fire; the bells had been melted …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… him; at present he is put in the prison at night, and in church during the day, where he 'melleth with no person' … the Lune produced considerable friction with the priory of St. Mary at Lancaster. 81 The usual problems of tithes had to … decided. 83 Its internal history is equally scanty. In the church a chaplain who celebrated daily for the souls of the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… de Raleigh, bishop of Winchester, of the Cistercian church at Beaulieu. 3 The abbot of Beaulieu consented to send … to the regular visitation of the abbot. In 1251 the church, cloister, dorter, and frater were finished at the … 1304. 22 It is probable that the well endowed churches of St. Paul and St. Breage in Cornwall were also his gift. In …
A History of the County of Cumberland
… as the special preserves of the priories of Carlisle and St. Bees and the abbey of Calder, it was not unknown that the … was ever wealthy in spiritual endowments. The neighbouring church of Burgh-by-Sands was bestowed by Hugh de Morvill for … and all things necessary for the adornment of the abbey church, the ministers of the altar and the sacraments of …