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A History of the County of Essex
… The abbot and convent granted that he should eat in their house, and though nothing was said of robes and shoeleather, … the possessions of the abbey in Coggeshall are given in great detail in the account 42 of the bailiff for the year … simony. He says himself it cost him 300 marks, which is a great charge to the house. 5. He pretends that the house owes …
A History of the County of Warwick
… deanery of Coventry. The upper and lower granges of their house were valued at 39 13 s. 4 d. a year; four other granges … of Combe was thus, at that date, by far the wealthiest house in Warwickshire. In 1325 Edward II granted the abbot of … St. Mark. 5 Notwithstanding the comparative wealth of this house and the advantage of having its landed property and …
A History of the County of Warwick
… Henry of Lancaster, earl of Derby, in consequence of the house of Merevale having lately suffered from fire. It was … brothers, ox-hides red and otherwise for the use of their house, and to take the same to the abbey; provided that the … the buttery, the chief parlour, the inner chamber, the great old chamber, the chamber next the old chamber, the …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… had to be obtained by the request of the chapter, as the house was burdened with debt and impoverished by bad … 11 The abbot and convent again petitioned the Crown (as a house of royal foundation) for relief in 1338, alleging as … Kinge's Subjects and Strangers travelinge the same Sees great Relief and Comforte.' 8 The commissioners estimated its …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… such maintenance for life as John le Hunte had had in that house in his lifetime, by the late king's request. 3 On 9 … of archers in the Isle of Wight for its defence at a great expense, and was quite unable to support any further … Lymington. 3 On 17 February, 1537, Thomas Wriothesley, the great devourer of monastic property in the west, obtained …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Houses of Cistercian monks Abbey of Robertsbridge HOUSE OF CISTERCIAN MONKS 8. THE ABBEY OF ROBERTSBRIDGE 1 The … nearly 110. The ravages of the sea, however, during the great storm of 1287 and in subsequent years so reduced the … 27 August, 1394. 23 By this time, however, the fame of the house seems to have dwindled, as when John, bishop of Exeter, …
A History of the County of Suffolk
… Houses of Cistercian monks Abbey of Sibton HOUSE OF CISTERCIAN MONKS 14. THE ABBEY OF SIBTON 1 The … on him by the Cistercian statutes of visiting the daughter house of Sibton year by year. The average cost of this visit … of the year 1536, gives the names of the religious of this house, namely, William Flatbury, abbot; Robert Sabyn ( alias …
A History of the County of Warwick
… Empress Matilda to change their site. Matilda, having a great affection for the Cistercian order, told them that if … with liberty to build a church and a suitable conventual house, but also gave them the town of Cannock with all its … two of his convent as instructors. From this circumstance great friendship grew up between the two houses, the monks of …
A History of the County of Essex
… Ingrave, Dunton, East Horndon, Chadwell, Little Thurrock, Great and Little Burstead, Ging Landry and Ging Joyberd, as … to enclose a grove in Leyton, and a market on Tuesday at Great Burstead, and a fair there yearly on the vigil, the day … such as pestilence, war, or the burning of their house. In 1392 42 they agreed to celebrate mass daily for the …
A History of the County of Essex
… in Chickney, 5 19 s. 0 d. in Radwinter and 5 1 s. 8 d. in Great Chishall, while sums of over 1 came from Chigwell, … of the donors; 18 and on 5 May, 1361, to acquire land in Great Easton for the maintenance of two lamps in the church … thanks him for his goodness of late in quieting the poor house of Tilty, which otherwise would have been destroyed. In …