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A History of the County of Gloucester
… Alien houses The priory of Newent 18. THE PRIORY OF NEWENT About 1060 William FitzOsborn founded the Benedictine … before the compilation of Domesday Book he added largely to the endowment out of his possessions in England. These …
A History of the County of Kent
… Alien houses The priory of Patrixbourne 72. THE PRIORY OF PATRIXBOURNE … priory of Beaulieu, in the forest of Preaulx, in Normandy, about the end of the twelfth century, granted 1 to it the manor of Patrixbourne, of the inheritance of his …
A History of the County of Dorset
… Alien houses The priory of Povington 35. THE PRIORY OF POVINGTON Povington, formerly … the parish of Tyneham in the isle of Purbeck, was granted to the abbot and monks of Bec-Hellouin in Normandy by Robert …
A History of the County of Dorset
… Alien houses The priory of Spettisbury 36. THE PRIORY OF SPETTISBURY … and count of Meulan, in the reign of William Rufus granted to the abbey of St. Peter of Praux in Normandy, twin … remained down to the suppression of alien houses by the Parliament of Leicester in 1414, after which they were held …
A History of the County of Norfolk
… Alien houses The priory of Sporle 120. THE PRIORY OF SPORLE This small … of Anjou. The founder was Alan son of Flaald, who granted to the monks of St. Florent the church of Sporle ( … general suppression of the alien houses, decreed by the Parliament held at Leicester in 1424. In 1428 the …
A History of the County of Norfolk
… Alien houses The priory of St Winwalloe, Wereham 123. THE PRIORY OF ST. … earls of Clare in the time of Richard I. It was dedicated to St. Winwaloe or St. Guenolo, a saint who flourished in the … the Priory of St. Winwaloe, preserved at Stow Bardolph,' a paper by Rev. G. H. Dashwood in Norf. Arch, v, 297-312 …
A History of the County of Kent
… Alien houses The priory of Throwley 74. THE PRIORY OF THROWLEY The alien priory of Throwley, a cell to the abbey of St. Bertin at St. Omer in France, was founded about the middle of the twelfth century. Hugh de Chileham, …
A History of the County of Norfolk
… Alien houses The priory of Toft Monks 121. THE PRIORY OF TOFT MONKS 1 Robert de … Meulan in Normandy, and of Leicester in England, granted to the abbey of Praux in Normandy, in the time of William …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Alien houses The priory of Tutbury ALIEN HOUSES 39. THE PRIORY OF TUTBURY … of St. Pierresur-Dives in Normandy, is generally accepted to have been in 1080. 2 Some confirmation of this is to be … of the commission. 61 When Edward II marched against the Scots in 1310, he issued a request to the Prior of Tutbury, …
A History of the County of Dorset
… Alien houses The priory of Wareham 37. THE PRIORY OF WAREHAM An ancient … in the same town.' 133 After the Conquest a priory or cell to the Norman abbey of Lire, founded by William Fitz Osborn, … III in 1294 granted letters of protection to the prior in return for a grant of a contribution from his goods, 142 the …