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A History of the County of York
… of Nicholas de Stuteville, and was under the invocation of St. Mary and St. Lawrence. 1 An inspeximus by Edward II of King John's … were ordered not to allow puppies to enter the quire or church, which would impede the service and hinder the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… The only pre-Conquest religious house in Shropshire was St. Milburga's monastery at Wenlock, and this had given way … lost for a time. The 'discovery' of her relics in a ruined church a stone's throw from the site of the minster church suggests that the two communities in the first …
A History of the County of Sussex
… emperor. They therefore turned aside to the great abbey of St. Peter and St. Paul at Cluny, and were so struck with the … community thus introduced William de Warenne gave the church of St. Pancras in, or rather outside, Lewes, which he … in his fisheries and market of Lewes, and adding the church and manor of Castle Acre in Norfolk where he proposed …
A History of the County of Essex
… MONKS 12. THE PRIORY OF LITTLE HORKESLEY 1 The priory of St. Peter, Horkesley, was founded under Henry I by Robert son … and convent should send as many monks to serve God in the church of St. Peter, Horkesley, as the place could … conveniently maintain. Besides Horkesley they granted the church of Wiston in Suffolk, the church of Asheldham with …
A History of the County of Suffolk
… he gave to the Cluniac monks of Castle Acre the isle of St. Mary of Mendham, with 'Ulordage,' and the granges there, … should only be used towards providing the monks with a church of stone. 1 The exact date of these charters is not … the endowments of Mendham. He gave to the monks the church of St. Margaret, Linstead, a moiety of the church of …
A History of the County of York
… OF CLUNIAC MONKS 41. PRIORY OF PONTEFRACT The priory of St. John of Pontefract was founded in 1090 1 by Robert de … performed, the buildings in a good state of repair, the church well appointed, and the food sufficient till the next … king's order. His body was interred in 1322 in the priory church near the high altar. Many miracles were said to have …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… accounted its overlords. The two hides that later made up Church Preen may have been given to Wenlock Priory by … with a common seal on which was engraved the picture of St. John, the patron saint of the church of Preen, but there was some doubt about the validity …
A History of the County of Essex
… 1 The earliest known mention of the monastery of St. Mary, Prittlewell, is found in a confirmation 2 of the … founder, Robert, by charter 6 granted to the priory the church of Prittlewell with the chapels of Sutton and … Langley. Prittlewell was, for its size, unusually rich in church spoils, for it held, appropriated at various times, …
A History of the County of Worcester
… Houses of Cluniac monks Priory of St James of Dudley HOUSE OF CLUNIAC MONKS 10. THE PRIORY OF … serving God at Dudley, in free alms the site of their church with the churches of St. Edmund and St. Thomas of … the churches of Northfield, Sedgley, and Inkpen. Also the church of Bradfield, half a hide of land in Churchill with …
A History of the County of Essex
… 1121, mentioned above under Prittlewell, the monastery of St. Mary Magdalen, Stanesgate, is stated to have been granted … 8 soon after its foundation; and the appropriation of the church and the possession of the tithes were also confirmed … 14 s. 7 d. Of this 3 was the portion of the priory in the church of Steeple, and 9 s. the portion in the church of …