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A History of the County of Northampton
… Alien houses The priories of Weedon Beck and Weedon Pinkney (Weedon Lois) 48. THE PRIORY OF WEEDON BECK The celebrated abbey of St. Mary of BecHellouin, in the diocese of Rouen, was founded … associated with the church of England, Lanfranc and St. Anselm (the second abbot), both in turn archbishops of …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… gave the manor of Beckford-with-Ashton to the monastery of St. Barbe-en-Auge in Normandy, 1 which had been founded as a house of Augustinian canons in 1128. 2 A prior and one or two canons were sent over to occupy the cell. 3 In … of Aston at a rent of 60 marks to the prior and convent of St. Barbe-en-Auge. 4 The arrangement was recognized by Walter …
A History of the County of Lincoln
… during the reign of John to the Benedictine priory of St. Fromund, Normandy; they had previously belonged to the prior and convent of Merton. 1 The value of the house was very … wars with France it became so unprofitable to the prior of St. Fromund that he granted it to the London Charterhouse. As …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… of Brimpsfield was a cell of the Benedictine monastery of St. Wandrille in Normandy. 1 Although no exact information exists about the founder and the date of the endowment, there can be little doubt that … and a small grant of land to the abbot and convent of St. Wandrille. 2 The abbot and convent of St. Wandrille sent …
A History of the County of Lincoln
… stated that after receiving hospitality from the holy and religious house of La Sauve Majeure (near Bordeaux) he … to grant to the monks there, because of their great love and charity, the churches of Burwell with its chapel of … Adeliza herself placed the deed of gift on the altar of St. Saviour in the conventual church, on behalf of herself …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in the presence of William, the third abbot, 2 his monks and servants; and there and then he gave them his house of … Oxford some thirty years earlier: the same patron saint, St. George, was chosen, 4 and the method of endowment was the … away for small annual sums, and produced but little. Thus St. Frideswide's, Oxford, paid 2 s. for the tithe at …
A History of the County of Lincoln
… was granted in 1082 by William the Conqueror to the abbot and convent of St. Carileph, Le Mans, at the request of the bishop of … the cell had become so far unprofitable to the abbey of St. Carileph that licence was sought from the king to sell it …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… priory of Deerhurst 17. THE PRIORY OF DEERHURST The origin and early history of Deerhurst are very obscure. According to … Deerhurst. 3 The monastery was rebuilt in or before 970. St. Alphege in his youth was a monk of the house, and was … 5 and that under him the strict observance of the rule of St. Benedict was introduced into the monastery. Fervour and …
A History of the County of Northampton
… the manor of Everdon was bestowed on the abbey of St. Mary of Bernay (Eure, Normandy) in the diocese of … In the reign of Henry II. the monks of Bernay held 2 hides and 2 small virgates at Everdon. 4 According to the Testa de … did suit twice a year in the hundred court of Fawsley and rendered 4 s. annually to the king. 5 At the time of the …
A History of the County of Kent
… here for his daughter Eanswith a monastery dedicated to St. Peter. Nothing is known of the history of this house, but … it as the place where there was formerly an abbey of nuns, and where St. Eanswith was buried, and adding that it had been …