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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… by a compromise (confirmed between 1150 and 1153 by St. Bernard as Abbot of Clairvaux) which directed that the … were the Abbot of Sawtrey and the Priors of Royston and St. Ives. 'R. formerly Prior' is mentioned in this agreement. … in 1232, when Simon of Wendy granted to the church of St. Andrew of Swavesey and the monks there serving God a …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… with 2 hides there, was held by the Norman abbey of St. Wandrille de Fontenelle (Seine-Infrieure). That abbey of … Upavon was made into a prebend of Salisbury, the Abbot of St. Wandrille being received as a canon of Salisbury with the … indifferently priors of Upavon or proctors of the Abbot of St. Wandrille, 9 but the only evidence of the presence of …
A History of the County of Warwick
… except the hamlets, to the Benedictine abbey of St. Peter, Praux, in the diocese of Lisieux. The monks of … 1123 and 1146 from the chapter of the collegiate church of St. Mary, Warwick, addressed to abbot Ricard and the convent …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Alvred's son William gave four acres near the church of St. Mary of Pevensey (i.e. Westham), and Hugh de Cahaignes …
A History of the County of Warwick
… or Wolston, pertaining to the Benedictine abbey of St. Pierre-sur-Dive, in the diocese of Ses, was founded soon … with the consent of his wife Aeliz, he gave to God and St. Mary of St. Pierre-sur-Dive the church of Wolston in free alms for …
A History of the County of Warwick
… of Wootton, deposed that on Friday after the feast of St. Matthew, at the hour of evensong, he was fetched by … afterwards, namely on Wednesday next before the feast of St. Mark, an inquisition was taken in the church of Wootton …
A History of the County of Essex
… favourable wind. 1 Prayers were offered up at the abbey of St. Valery, and at last the monks brought out in solemn … been seized on account of the death of John, late abbot of St. Valery. The prior had complained of this and an … 2, m. 22 d. Fine R. 31 Edw. III. He acted as proctor of St. Valery in 1360 (Pat. 1 Ric. II, pt. 5, m. 21). Cler. Sub. …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… Longville was founded by Walter Giffard as a cell to St. Faith's at Longueville near Rouen. The lands in … the history of this house; it was immediately subject to St. Faith's, and exempt from episcopal jurisdiction. In 1277 …
A History of the County of Northampton
… 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 … to the provost and fellows of the royal free chapel of St. George at Windsor, who presented to the vicarage 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 … 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 … bishop for the parish church. 8 The prior and convent of St. Barbe-en-Auge presented the prior of their choice to the …