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A History of the County of London
… St Martin le Grand COLLEGES 33. THE COLLEGIATE CHURCH OF ST. MARTIN LE GRAND The dedication in honour of St. Martin, a favourite saint of Christian Britain, and … been the origin of the deanery. Ingelric became the first dean, 6 but, like a number of his successors, seems still to …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… Colleges St Mary de Castro COLLEGES 29. THE COLLEGE OF ST. MARY DE CASTRO The College of St. Mary de Castro at Leicester is traditionally said to … there is no reliable evidence for this. A college for a dean and twelve secular canons was established at St. Mary's …
A History of the County of Warwick
… Colleges St Mary, Warwick 39. THE COLLEGE OF ST. MARY, WARWICK The design of making the church of St. Mary, Warwick, a collegiate … adjacent. The charter provided that they might have a dean and chapter and enjoy the premises as freely and …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… St Peter & St Paul, Heytesbury 43. THE COLLEGIATE CHURCH OF ST. PETER AND ST. PAUL, HEYTESBURY The church of Heytesbury, which in 1086 was held by Alward the priest, 1 … and his successors as prebendaries, or failing them by the Dean and Chapter of Salisbury. 5 Half a virgate, 1 acre of …
A History of the County of London
… Colleges St Peter ad Vincula (Tower of London) 35. THE CHAPEL OF ST. PETER AD VINCULA IN THE TOWER OF LONDON When and by … issued letters patent 15 establishing a corporation of a dean, sub-dean, treasurer, and precentor, who were to be …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Colleges Stafford, St Mary 35. THE COLLEGE OF ST. MARY, STAFFORD The existence of a group of canons in Stafford before the Conquest is … appealed to the protection of either the bishop or the dean in a dispute about his prebendal lands. 8 Four years …
A History of the County of Suffolk
… Colleges Stoke by Clare 68. THE COLLEGE OF STOKE BY CLARE Richard de Clare, earl of Hereford, removed, in 1124, the monks of Bec whom his … was attached to the statutes by Thomas Barnsley, the first dean, on 28 January, 1422-3. 4 It was provided by the …
A History of the County of Warwick
… Colleges Stratford-on-Avon 38. THE COLLEGE OF STRATFORD-ON-AVON On 8 October, 1331, John Stratford, then bishop of Winchester, founded a chantry in the chapel of St. Thomas … appointed under the more appropriate title of warden or dean of the collegiate church of Stratford. Warden Henry …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Colleges Tamworth, St Edith 36. THE COLLEGE OF ST. EDITH, TAMWORTH It is not known when or by whom the college of priests at Tamworth was founded. Its dedication to St. … unlikely to have occurred before the 1140s. 16 The first dean whose name has survived was William Marmion, who died …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Colleges Tettenhall, St Michael 37. THE COLLEGE OF ST. MICHAEL, TETTENHALL The earliest mention of priests at … but half a century later the term 'canon' was in use. 6 A dean is first mentioned about 1176. 7 The second known dean, … chalice, 24 and in 1257 six oaks from Ashwood in Kinver Forest to repair the church. 25 In 1265 Henry III intervened …