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A History of the County of Lancaster
… heir he had six other sons, all of whom became Benedictine monks, some returning to England to serve on the mission. In …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… place thus acquired an independent standing. In 1478 the monks received 4 a year from it, 5 and in 1538 the total …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Harpers family till 1333, 53 when it was recovered by the monks of Whalley in right of the rectory. 54 Ten years later … (de Holt) of Read the younger in 1333 granted leave to the monks of Whalley to quarry stone in all the wastes of Read; …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Maud, daughters of Godwin; Final Conc. i, 40. He gave the monks Hulliley (or Hilliley), from the Stonyway on the east …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… to have had half the township, we find him giving to the monks of Sawley in the latter part of the 12th century, with … in Salesbury. Ralph son of Waldeve confirmed and gave the monks other lands here 'to the help of their church and …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… rectory of Blackburn granted to Stanlaw Abbey, 84 and the monks took care to have the facts put on record. Various …